Urban minority ninth-grade students' health-related fitness knowledge.
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.
Keating
Xiaofen Deng
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Department of Curriculum and Instruction at The University of Texas-Austin, College of Eduction, Austin, TX 78712, USA. xk93@mail.utexas.edu
Chen
Li
L
Guan
Jianmin
J
Harrison
Louis
L
Dauenhauer
Brian
B
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*