A Grading Plan For Physical Education On The Secondary Level

A GRADING PLAN FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION ON THE SECONDARY LEVEL A Project Presented to the Faculty of the School of Education University of Southern California In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science in Education by Maxine Miriam Turek January 1950 UMI Number: EP46106 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Dissertation Publishing UMI EP46106 Published by ProQuest LLC (2014). Copyright in the Dissertation held by the Author. Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code ProQuest LLC. 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106- 1346 fee/ 'V7> Tf3f p™/' T h i s p r o je c t r e p o r t, w r it t e n u n d e r the d ire c tio n o f the c a n d id a te ’s a d v is e r a n d a p p r o v e d by h im , has been presen ted to a n d a ccep ted by the F a c u lt y o f the S c h o o l o f E d u c a t io n in p a r t i a l f u l f i l l m e n t o f the re q u ire m e n ts f o r the degree o f M a s te r of Science in E d u c a t io n , A d v is e r Dean TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I. PAGE I N T R O D U C T I O N .............. . 1 The p r o b l e m Statement of the p r o b l e m ................ . 1 . 1 Importance of the s t u d y ..................... 2 Scope of the p r o b l e m ....................... 2 Definitions of terms ......................... 3 Marking or grading ......................... 3 Specific grades .............................. 3 General grades .............................. 3 Absolute grades .............................. 3 Relative grades .............................. 4 Review of the literature II. . ..................... 4 Related investigations in academic subjects . 4 Related investigations in physical education 6 Method of p r o c e d u r e ............................ 13 Organization of the remaining chapters 14 PHILOSOPHIC CRITERIA . . . . ........................... Elements most commonly mentioned ........... 15 16. The grading plan should meet the objectives of the c o u r s e .............................. 16 The grading plan should test the information received from the c o u r s e ................. 17 iii CHAPTER PAGE The grading plan should test the achievement made in the course . . . .......... 18 The grading plan should motivate the pupil to greater e f f o r t ....................... 18 The grading plan should test the skill gained from the c o u r s e ................... 19 The grading plan should test the attitudes developed in the c o u r s e ................. 19 The grading plan should be posted on the bulletin board for reference ............. 20 The grading plan for physical education should fit into the school system's grading plan .................... . . . . . 21 The grading plan should weight each element as to its i m p o r t a n c e