Physical Education Assessment Toolkit / Edition 1

by Liz Giles-Brown

Overview

In today's physical education framework, every second of class time counts! This comprehensive package is loaded with assessment templates and sample units that provide educators with everything needed to simultaneously assess and teach students the lifelong value of physical education. Presented in a concise, user-friendly format, this package contains:

Bound-in CD-ROM

Reproducible templates

Sample units.

Each chapter includes lesson plans with model reproducibles, along with guidance on how to implement and create more meaningful assessments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900736057966
Publisher:	Human Kinetics Publishers
Publication date:	02/22/2006
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Liz Giles-Brown is currently a physical educator for grades K-8 at South Bristol School in South Bristol, Maine. In addition to having 17 years of experience teaching K-8 physical education, she has served as physical education curriculum chairperson and provided leadership in the assessment work done by her school union. Giles-Brown has also worked on state assessment development committees and currently serves on the expert review team for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development's (ASCD) Understanding by Design (UbD) online unit exchange.

Giles-Brown has also written two units that have been published on the Understanding by Design (UbD) Exchange and has presented numerous assessment workshops for her peers in the field of physical education. Giles-Brown is a member of American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) and Maine Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (MAHPERD). In 2004 she received the Distinguished Leadership Award in physical education curriculum, teaching, and assessment from MAHPERD, which also named her Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year in 1995.

Giles-Brown holds a master's degree in physical education, curriculum and instruction. She currently resides with her husband, Tim, and son, Chase, in West Boothbay Harbor, Maine, where she enjoys hiking, biking, boating, and skiing in her spare time.

Table of Contents

Preface

Part I. Assessments and Ideas for Implementation
Chapter 1. Using This Resource
Chapter Setup
Assessment Template Format
Scoring With Rubrics
Threads of Physical Education
Summary

Chapter 2. Checkout: Daily Self-Assessment System
The Idea
Assessments
Checkout Sheets
Content Fill-Ins
Team Checkout
Lesson #1 Learning the Lingo
Lesson #2 Remember and Review
Lesson #3 Practicing Virtues
Lesson #4 Putting Everything Together
Setting Up Everyone for Success
Summary
Forms

Chapter 3. Setting Goals and Reflecting on Performance
The Idea
Assessments
Lesson #1 Goal Setting and Reflecting
Setting Up Everyone for Success
Summary
Forms

Chapter 4. On the Move With Motor Skills
The Idea
Assessments
Lesson #1 On Target
Lesson #2 Adjustments
Setting Up Everyone for Success
Summary
Forms

Chapter 5. Concept Connection
The Idea
Assessments
Lesson #1 Magical Mirror Museum
Lesson #2 Creating Games
Setting Up Everyone for Success
Summary
Forms

Chapter 6. Focus on Fitness
The Idea
Assessments
Fitness Goal Setting, Planning, Testing, and Reflecting
Lesson #1 Fitness Assessment
Quick Checks for Knowledge
Application Assessments
Lesson #2 School Fitness Club
Making Connections Outside the Classroom
Setting Up Everyone for Success
Summary
Forms

Chapter 7. Make Time to Strategize
The Idea
Assessments
Lesson #1 Offensive Planning
Setting Up Everyone for Success
Summary
Forms

Chapter 8. Decorate With Content
The Idea
The Posters
Activity: Content Posters
Setting Up Everyone for Success
Summary

Chapter 9. Clipboard Closure and Processing Partners
The Idea
Clipboard Closure Statements
Processing Partners
Assessments
Processing Partners Introductory Activity
Setting Up Everyone for Success
Summary
Forms

Part II. Model Units and Ideas on Backward Design
Chapter 10. Force It
A throwing and catching unit designed for grades three through five

Chapter 11. Fly Birdie Fly!
A badminton skills unit designed for grades six through eight

Chapter 12. Planning on Fitness
A fitness unit designed for grades five through eight

Appendix: Answer Keys and Guidelines
About the Author
How to Use the CD-ROM

Interviews

Resource for elementary and middle school physical educators in grades 3 through 9; reference for physical administrators; supplemental text for PETE instructors.