Teachers' use of fitness tests in school-based physical education programs

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 145-165

  Keating, Xiaofen Deng ^a   Silverman, Stephen ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness tests; Physical education programs; Physical education teachers; Use of youth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REWARD; SCHOOL; TEACHING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 7244234184     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327841mpee0803_2     Document Type: Article

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