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ERIC Number: EJ510962
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0273-5024
What Children Think, Feel, and Know about Physical Fitness Testing.
Hopple, Christine; Graham, George
Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, v14 n4 p408-17 Jul 1995
Fourth and fifth graders who had completed the mile-run physical fitness test were interviewed to determine what they thought, felt, and knew about the test. Students reported little understanding of why they had to complete the test. They viewed it as a painful, negative experience that was little fun. (SM)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Physical Education, Physical Fitness Tests, Qualitative Research, Relevance (Education), Running, Student Attitudes, Student Interests
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue title: "Physical Education through Students' Eyes and in Students' Voices." July 1995 Monograph.