A History, Analysis, And Evaluation Of A Physical Education Testing Program For Junior High School Boys In Long Beach, California

A HISTORY, ANALYSIS, AND EVALUATION OP A PHYSICAL EDUCATION TESTING PROGRAM FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BOYS IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA A Project Presented to the Faculty of the School of Education The University of Southern California In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science in Education by Wilfred Wendell Catlin April 1950 UMI Number: EP45772 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 EP45772 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 IB J 't~o G T h is p ro je c t re p o rt, ‘w ritte n u n d e r the d ire c tio n o f the candidate's ad vise r a nd a p p ro v e d by h im , has been presented to a nd accepted by the F a c u lty o f the S ch o o l o f E d u c a tio n in p a r tia l fu lfillm e n t o f the re q uirem ents f o r the degree o f M a s te r o f Science in E d u c a tio n . Da,e. 2 T k j j V j g S * ....... A d v is e r D ea n This project Is respectfully dedicated to Mr. Haskell P. Elder, physical education teacher in the Long Beach City Schools. Mr. Elder’s help in the statistics and computations presented herein was invaluable and full appreciation for this aid is herewith noted. Wilfred W. Catlin TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I. PAGE INTRODUCTION .................................... 1 The p r o b l e m .................................. 1 Statement of the problem ........... 1 ................. 1 Importance of the s t u d y ................... 2 Method of procedure ....................... 3 History of the p r o b l e m ..................... 3 Limitations and weaknessesof the study 5 Need for the study II. . . Review of related studies... ................ 5 Organization of the remaining chapters . . . 5 ............... 6 ........... 6 Height-weight classification ............... 7 CLASSIFICATION OF PARTICIPANTS History of classification Height-weight divisions .. ................... 11 S u m m a r y ............ III. 12 A PENTATHLON TEST FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BOYS. . 13 ................. 13 Equipment needed ............................ 13 D e s c r i p t i o n ................................ 14 R u l e s .......................... '........... 14 P u s h - u p s ...................................... 15 Standing broad jump Equipment n e e d e d ............................ 15 iv “ CHAPTER PAGE D e s c r i p t i o n .............................. 15 R u l e s .................................... 15 Bar snap for d i s t a n c e ..................... 16 ....................... 16 Equipment needed D e s c r i p t i