Semester Hours:3-4Once a Year
Designed to provide the preservice physical education teacher with knowledge and skills necessary to use a variety of assessment strategies and instruments to enhance and provide accountability for the teaching-learning process in physical education. Emphasis on selection and use of developmentally appropriate assessment strategies and instruments, including computer and other technology, congruent with physical activity learning goals. Students in the dual degree BS/MS in health and physical education will take the course for 4 s.h., and the course content will be expanded to include assessment strategies and instrumentation for evaluating student mastery of the New York State Learning Standards in health education.