Development and validation of an objective written test of multiple-choice to assess the knowledge about the environment for physical conditioning (CENAFI) in schoolchildren

Authors

  • Santiago Guijarro-Romero Departamento de Educación Física y Deportiva, Universidad de Granada, Granada, España
  • Daniel Mayorga-Vega Departamento de Didáctica de la Expresión Musical, Plástica y Corporal Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, España
  • Carolina Casado-Robles Departamento de Educación Física y Deportiva, Universidad de Granada, Granada, España
  • Jesús Viciana Departamento de Educación Física y Deportiva, Universidad de Granada, Granada, España

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v51.97719

Keywords:

Basic physical capacities, Physical Education, Compulsory Secondary Education, adolescents, evaluation

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to build and develop and ad hoc multiple-choice written test to assess the schoolchildren’s knowledge of the environment around the educational center for physical conditioning (CENAFI). A total of 189 students (95 females) from first to fourth grades of Compulsory Secondary Education (Mage = 13.57 ± 1.3 years) participated in the study. The phases of the test validation were: (1) Construction and definition of the structure and purpose of the test; (2) content validation by experts; (3) piloting; (4) depuration and application of the definitive instrument; (5) test-retest reliability assessment; and (6) discriminant validity assessment. The final test consisted of 30 objective multiple-choice questions with moderate global difficulty (average = 11.60 points out of 30). All quantitative indices were adequate in difficulty, discrimination, and met the qualitative criteria established by the experts. The test-retest reliability of the test was adequate (ICC = .65) and the students who experienced the intervention program obtained a higher score than those of the control group, thus showing equally adequate discriminant validity. The results show that it is a valid and reliable measuring instrument in order to obtain information on schoolchildren’s knowledge of their immediate environment for physical conditioning. The present study represents a valuable contribution to scientific literature and has important practical repercussions for the Physical Education subject.

Keywords: Basic physical capacities, Physical Education, Compulsory Secondary Education, adolescents, evaluation.

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Published

2024-01-01

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Guijarro-Romero, S., Mayorga-Vega, D., Casado-Robles, C., & Viciana, J. (2024). Development and validation of an objective written test of multiple-choice to assess the knowledge about the environment for physical conditioning (CENAFI) in schoolchildren. Retos, 51, 426–441. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v51.97719

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