Date of Award

Summer 1979

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Education (MSEd)

Department

Human Movement Sciences

Committee Director

Charles W. Jackson

Committee Member

Beverly B. Johnson

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.E44 P36

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the grading pro­cedures used for secondary school physical education classes in selected Virginia school districts.

A questionnaire was sent to one hundred and sixty-one physical education teachers who were listed as members of the Virginia Association For Health, Physical Education and Recreation. One hundred and seventeen questionnaires (72.5 percent) were returned.

The authors of recent literature in grading practices point out that teachers base course grades on dressing out in gym uniform, skill, effort, participation, and written tests. The data gathered in this study reflect a similar situation in Virginia schools.

Effects of variables such as sex, age, grade level taught, years of teaching experience and type of grade plan utilized resulted in some notable differences in the grading practices used by the teachers surveyed.

Frequencies and crosstabulations were computed, and one-way frequency distribution tables, and two-way crosstabulation tables were used to arrive at the results of the study.

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DOI

10.25777/a4r1-qm19

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