Fitness portfolio calibration for first- through sixth-grade children

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 324-334

  Kulinna, Pamela Hodges ^a   Zhu, Weimo ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Item response theory; Student learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

CALIBRATION; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035653694     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2001.10608969     Document Type: Article

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