Assessment Strategies for Elementary Physical Education

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Assessment serves a crucial role in developing physically educated children, but selecting the right criteria for assessment can be an overwhelming task. Assessment Strategies for Elementary Physical Education bridges the gap between theory and practice. This new, practical resource shows physical educators how to design and implement assessment strategies. The book includes 68 ready-to-use, reproducible assessment sheets that physical educators can use to assess students' cognitive, psychomotor, and affective learning. All the sheets include teacher tips designed for implementation of the assessment strategies. By using this book teachers will save time, money, and, best of all, energy.Assessment Strategies for Elementary Physical Education provides:-Strategies for managing assessments in the everyday world of the physical educator-Strategies for developing teacher-generated assessments based on the needs and interests of their own programs-A comprehensive listing of the critical elements for basic nonlocomotor and locomotor skills-A wide variety of assessments strategies, such as video projects, student projects, and portfolios, which reflect the levels of Bloom's Taxonomy-Developmentally appropriate, culturally balanced visuals for children and nonreadersAuthor Suzann Schiemer, a nationally recognized expert on assessment, uses a convenient question-and-answer format throughout the book. She uses questions that physical educators most frequently ask her at the assessment workshops she regularly conducts.Widely applicable to varying curriculums, Assessment Strategies for Elementary Physical Education places the "how to's" of assessment at teachers' fingertips.if(window.uet){uet("be")}if(window.onLdEnd){if(window.addEventListener){window.addEventListener("load",window.onLdEnd,false)}else{if(window.attachEvent){window.attachEvent("onload",window.onLdEnd)}}}if(window.ueh){ueh(0,window,"load",window.onLd,1)}if(window.ue_pr&&(window.ue_pr==3||window.ue_pr==4)){window.ue._uep()};

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Suzann Schiemer, a K-5 Physical Education Specialist in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, is a nationally recognized expert in assessing student learning.Physical education programs that Schiemer helped institute at two elementary schools received Outstanding Program awards from the Pennsylvania State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.She was the keynote speaker on the topic of assessment at the 1994 and 1995 National Conferences on Teaching Children's Physical Education and the 1997 Conference for the Council for Children's Expanded Physical Education. All three keynote presentations were by invitation at highly respected conferences known for promoting quality physical eduation programs for children.Schiemer was selected for inclusion in the 1998 edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers. High school students cited for academic excellence are invited to nominate one teacher from their academic experience for inclusion in the publication.Schiemer is an assessment consultant for numerous in-services and workshops throughout the United States. She is a contributing author to documents "Physical Education-Learning is for Everyone" (PE-Life) and "Designing Assessments: Applications for Physical Education." She is a member of the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.