Assessment Strategies that Motivate Students to Learn: A Success Story

Autor/inn/en	Cave, Catherine C.; Dohoney, Paula
Titel	Assessment Strategies that Motivate Students to Learn: A Success Story
Quelle	In: Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 22 (2009) 6, S.8-12 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0892-4562
Schlagwörter	Physical Education; Scheduling; Motivation; Program Effectiveness; Grading; Physical Education Teachers; Skill Development; Academic Achievement; Student Motivation; Student Behavior; Student Participation; Elementary Education; Performance Based Assessment; Evaluation Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Disposition; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Notengebung; Schulnote; Physical education; Physical training; Teacher; Teachers; Sportlehrer; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Schulleistung; Schulische Motivation; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Elementarunterricht; Leistungsermittlung
Abstract	Many physical education teachers experience frustration about student assessment because of issues such as overcrowded classes, scheduling conflicts, extensive record keeping, lack of planning time, or deciding what areas to assess. For these reasons, teachers may base the majority of students' grades simply on participation and behavior. Very often only a limited portion of the student's grade is based on skill achievement and cognitive assessments. This type of grading system does very little to motivate students to learn the concepts physical educators are teaching. This article presents a success story of an elementary physical education teacher who used assessment in the educator's elementary physical education program. The physical educator discovered that assessment can have a positive effect on students' motivation and their desire to acquire knowledge and pursue skill development. As long as educators show meaning and relevance to the assessments given, the students' outcomes of those assessments should tremendously improve. Through practical application of what some of the professional literature suggests, the physical educator now strongly believes that the assessment process plays a very critical role in the success of the students as well as the program. (Contains 4 figures and 6 tables.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. 1900 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191. Tel: 800-213-7193; Fax: 703-476-9527; e-mail: info@aahperd.org; Web site: http://www.aahperd.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10