Assessing Elementary School Students’ Manipulative Skill Competency in China

Jun Chen, Xiaozan Wang, Zhanjia Zhang and Weiyun Chen
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Jun Chen: College of Physical Education and Health, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Xiaozan Wang: College of Physical Education and Health, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Zhanjia Zhang: School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, 830 N University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Weiyun Chen: School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, 830 N University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 6, 1-9

Abstract: This study aimed to test the validity and reliability of the Physical Education (PE) Metric Assessment Rubrics for assessing 4th-grade students’ manipulative skill competency and examine how well they demonstrated manipulative skill competency. Participants were 4th-grade students at six elementary schools in China. A total of 535 4th-grade students were assessed their soccer skills and 819 4th-grade students were assessed their basketball skills using the PE-Metric Assessment Rubrics. The results found that the soccer and basketball skill assessments had a high degree of internal consistency. And the results showed that the soccer and basketball skill assessment rubrics had a good factor structure. The students’ mean score in soccer and basketball skills assessment was lower than the Overall Competent Level. Further, the t -test indicated that soccer and basketball skill assessments had a significant difference in the mean score of Overall Competent Level between the boys and the girls. The PE-Metric Assessment Rubrics were valid and reliable assessment tools for assessing the manipulative skill competency in soccer and basketball skills among 4th-grade students in China. This study suggested that Chinese elementary school students need to improve basic manipulative skill competency in soccer and basketball skills.

Keywords: manipulative skill competency; validation; skill assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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