New Standards Require New Approaches to Assessment: Is Technology the Missing Piece?

Abstract

How physical education teachers approach standards-based assessment of the new National Physical Education Standards is yet to be determined. But the use of technology for assessments may be one way to support and empower students in the education process toward physical literacy. This article focuses on the ways in which educators have adopted a particular technology, called Plickers, and how its use as an assessment tool can move physical education teachers’ practice forward.

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Robert Knipe

Robert Knipe ([email protected]) is an assistant professor in the College of Health and Human Services at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT.