Measurement for Evaluation in Physical Education and Exercise Science - Rilegato

Baumgartner, Ted A; Jackson, Andrew (Tony) S; Mahar, Matthew T; Rowe, David A

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0073045268 ISBN 13: 9780073045269

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2006

Riassunto

Developed to help students master the essential content, principles, and concepts that will make them effective evaluators, this text provides the practical skills and materials they will need--whether they become teachers or work in exercise science.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Dr. Andrew S. Jackson is a professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance at the University of Houston and an adjunct professor in the Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He has been a research consultant to the Cardio-pulmonary laboratory and NASA, Johnson Space Center (Houston) for 25 years. He has published extensively in the areas of exercise physiology, cardiology, and ergonomics. The focus of his research has been the application of measurement theory in these areas. He is best know for the publication of the Jackson-Pollock skinfold body composition prediction equations that have become one of the standard field methods used to measure body composition. His other research area has been in the development of valid preemployment tests for physically demanding jobs. This ergonomic research has not produced valid employment tests for hiring employees by major corporations, but also to testify as an expert in employment litigation.

Contenuti:

Part 1 Introduction

1 Measurement and Evaluation in a Changing Society

Part 2 Quantitative Aspects of Measurement

2 Statistical Tools in Evaluation

3 Reliability and Objectivity

4 Validity

5 Test Characteristics, Administration, and Interpretation

Part 3 Measuring and Evaluating Physical Attributes

6 School-Based Evaluation

7 Authentic and Alternative Assessment

8 Evaluating Skill Achievement

9 Measuring Physical Activity

10 Measuring Physical Abilities

11 Evaluating Aerobic Fitness

12 Evaluating Body Composition

13 Evaluating Youth Fitness and Physical Activity

14 Adult and Older Adult Fitness

15 Applications to Persons with Disabilities

Part 4 Cognitive and Affective Testing

16 Evaluating Knowledge

17 Exercise Psychological Measurement

Appendix

Glossary

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0073045268
• ISBN 13: 9780073045269
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 560