Test, Measurement and Evaluation in Physical Education and Sports

Contents: Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Meaning and definition of the terms; Test measurement and evaluation. 2. Philosophy of measurement. 3. Criteria for a good tests. 4. Test construction procedure in physical education. 5. Test administration and organisation procedure in physical education. 6. History and development of measurement in physical education. 7. Diagnosis. 8. Classification in physical education. 9. Fundamentals of measuring techniques and devices in physical education. 10. Evaluation programme in physical education. 11. Grading system in physical education. 12. Rating scale in physical education. 13. Physical fitness. 14. General abilities. 15. Skill tests in sports and games. 16. Anthropocentric measurement. 17. Essential body measurement (or) evaluation of healthful life style. 18. Other areas of measurement. Glossary.

From the Preface: Necessity is the mother of invention. In the same way, this book entitled Test Measurement and Evaluation in Physical Education and Sports has been written out of necessity. There is a paucity of literatures available on test, measurement and evaluation, in the field of physical education and sports. As a result, the author took a maiden effort to prepare this book. Test, measurement and evaluation and research are thickly related. Every research programme grounded with rest measurement and evaluation.

Three important terms in physical education are test, measurement and evaluation. These three terms may be interdependent and overlapping but they have different meanings. Learning creates measurable changes in students behaviour. Teaching produces their changes and objectives specify them. Test, measurement and evaluation are used by teachers, not only to help produce learning, but also to determine whether learning has occurred.