title: Urban minority ninth-grade students' health-related fitness knowledge.
abstract: The purpose of the study was to examine Hispanic and other minority ninth-grade students' health-related fitness (HRF) knowledge, using FitSmart, a standardized test for high school students. The test consisted of 50 weighted multiple choice items, measuring six subcontent components. Means and standard deviations of the overall scores and the subcontent scores were computed. The findings suggested that students demonstrated mastery of one subcontent component but failed to meet passing values for all other subcontents and overall HRF knowledge. Female students outscored their male counterparts, but there was no difference for ethnicity. More efforts are needed to ensure that Hispanic and other minority high school students master fundamental HRF knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Curriculum and Instruction at The University of Texas-Austin, College of Eduction, Austin, TX 78712, USA. xk93@mail.utexas.edu
authors.forename: Xiaofen Deng
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Keating
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jianmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dauenhauer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009043:Motor Activity; D010809:Physical Fitness; D011594:Psychometrics; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012574:Schools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students; D013781:Texas; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*