Assessment is an integral part of instruction, as it determines whether or not the goals of education are being met. Assessment affects decisions about grades, placement, advancement, instructional needs, curriculum, and, in some cases, funding. Assessment inspire us to ask these hard questions: “Are we teaching what we think we are teaching?” “Are students learning what they are supposed to be learning?” “Is there a way to teach the subject better, thereby promoting better learning?”

Featured Courses

ConnectedPE Membership contains access to multiple courses that focus specifically on Assessment in Physical Education Settings. Here’s some of them below.

• Are you Really Assessing your Students?
• Using Plickers for Assessment in Physical Education
• Assessment of Games in Physical Education
• Powerful Rubric Assessments

In recent years there has been a growing push to explore physical literacy and the role PE Teachers have in the process. Physical literacy is defined as “the motivation, confidence, physical competence, understanding and knowledge to maintain physical activity at an individually appropriate level, throughout life” (Whitehead, 2006).

In its broadest context ‘literacy’ means gaining knowledge and competency in a specific discipline or subject area.

Schools have a critical role in supporting students to make healthy lifestyle choices and to understand consequences on lifelong health and wellbeing. The link between health and wellbeing and positive academic performance is well researched:

Technology provides the opportunity to fundamentally change instructions and learning. Used to support both teaching and learning, technology infuses classrooms with digital learning tools, such as computers and hand held devices. When teachers effectively integrate technology into subject areas, teachers grow into roles of adviser, content expert, and coach. Technology can help make teaching and learning more meaningful and fun.

An instructional model is a unique plan of action, designed to facilitate certain learning outcomes for students. Each model establishes its own pattern of decision making, classroom operations, and responsibilities for the teacher and students. Providing Teachers with a depth of Instructional models they can introduce in their practice has been shown to dramatically improve their effectiveness as educators.

With Over 150 individual courses available on demand inside ConnectedPE your school staff are bound to find areas that connect with your schools, district or states specific needs.