Physical Education (Teaching)
Assessment Report
2003

Learning outcomes have been established and are assessed at two different times:

1. In PE 474, Tests and Measurements in Physical Education, students take a test to assess their knowledge related to the specified learner outcomes in Physical Education.
2. Upon completion of Student Teaching, the supervising teacher completes as assessment to determine the students’ preparation and teaching effectiveness.

Results: There has been several faculty who have retired in the Health and Physical Education Department in the last several years. Previous faculty (now retired) developed a written exam, which included questions from each of the major physical education courses as an assessment tool to determine comprehensive learning (skills and knowledge) in physical education curricula. This written assessment was based on Minnesota Board of Teaching Standards. Unfortunately, the previous assessment tool was very outdated and reflected courses taught in the past and it was not based on current curricular offerings. This old assessment would not be an appropriate measure of a student's comprehensive skills and knowledge for the current program.

Revision of the Plan
The Physical Education Assessment Plan was revised to reflect current curricula. Each faculty member teaching a core physical education course was asked to submit ten questions for each class they taught in the major. One hundred questions were selected from the submitted questions and a new written exam was developed.

The revised examination was given to 49 current physical education majors who included freshman, sophomores, juniors and seniors. In the sample of 49 students, there was two freshman, 13 sophomores, 20 juniors and 14 seniors that completed the written exam. The range of scores was from 39 to 71 percent correct responses.  The mean scores out of a possible 100 were as follows: freshman 43.5, sophomores 50, juniors 55 and seniors 58.36.  Standard deviations ranged from 3.54 to 9.68. The standard deviations were as follows: freshman 3.54, sophomores 8.43, juniors 9.68 and seniors 8.85. The test score data would suggest as students’ progress from freshman to seniors in the physical education program, increasing knowledge is acquired. The goal of our department is to give this assessment every year and track the progress of our students during their time as a Physical Education Major at MSUM.

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