ABSTRACT

A good fitness testing program can promote physical activity and fitness. There is no published research, however, that has examined the relationships between teachers’ attitudes and students’ performance on fitness tests. This study investigated the attitudes of urban middle school physical education teachers (N = 74) toward physical fitness tests and their relationship with student performance on fitness tests. Teachers completed the Physical Education Teacher Attitudes toward Fitness Tests instrument. Student FITNESSGRAM scores were obtained for each teacher. Teachers’ overall attitudes toward fitness testing were positive, suggesting that teachers enjoy implementing fitness tests and using fitness tests results. The affective subdomain of teachers’ attitude on the enjoyment of using fitness tests results was found to have a positive relationship with the percentage of students in the HFZ for the push-up test. Additional positive relationships between teachers’ attitudes and student performance were also found for girls, but not for boys. The findings suggest that teachers’ affective attitude may have a relationship with students’ performance on fitness tests.

摘要

良好的体能测试程序可以促进体育锻炼和健身。但是，没有公开的研究检查过教师态度和学生在体能测验中的表现之间的关系。本研究调查了城市中学体育教师的态度（N= 74）进行身体适应性测试，以及它们与体能测试中学生表现的关系。教师完成了体育老师对体能测验的态度仪器。获得了每个老师的学生FITNESSGRAM分数。教师对体能测试的总体态度是积极的，这表明教师喜欢进行体能测试和使用体能测试结果。发现教师对使用体能测验结果的享受程度的情感子域与在HFZ进行俯卧撑测验的学生比例成正比关系。女生的态度与学生的表现之间还存在其他正向关系，而男生则没有。