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Youth Fitness Testing: Validation, Planning, and Politics

B. Don Franks School of HPERD, Long Field House, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803
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James R. Morrow Department of HPER, 123 Melcher Gym, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77004
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Sharon A. Plowman Department of PHED, Anderson Hall, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 60115
Pages 187-199 | Published online: 16 Mar 2012

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Xiaofen D. Keating, Rachyl Stephenson, Michael Hodges, Yiqiong Zhang & Leon L. Chen. (2021) An analysis of Chinese preservice physical education teachers’ attitudes toward school-based fitness testing in physical education settings. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy 26:4, pages 345-358.
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JamesR. Morrow$suffix/text()$suffix/text(), ScottB. Martin & AllenW. Jackson. (2010) Reliability and Validity of the FITNESSGRAM®. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 81:sup3, pages S24-S30.
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JamesR. Morrow$suffix/text()$suffix/text(), ScottB. Martin, GregoryJ. Welk, Weimo Zhu & MariluD. Meredith. (2010) Overview of the Texas Youth Fitness Study. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 81:sup3, pages S1-S5.
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JamesR. Morrow$suffix/text()$suffix/text() & Alison Ede. (2009) Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport Lecture Statewide Physical Fitness Testing. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 80:4, pages 696-701.
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JamesR. Morrow$suffix/text()$suffix/text(), Weimo Zhu, DonB. Franks, MariluD. Meredith & Christine Spain. (2009) 1958–2008. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 80:1, pages 1-11.
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Stephen Silverman, Xiaofen Deng Keating & SharonR. Phillips. (2008) A Lasting Impression: A Pedagogical Perspective on Youth Fitness Testing. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science 12:3, pages 146-166.
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Xiaofen Deng Keating & Stephen Silverman. (2004) Teachers' Use of Fitness Tests in School-Based Physical Education Programs. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science 8:3, pages 145-165.
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Xiaofen Deng Keating. (2003) The Current Often Implemented Fitness Tests in Physical Education Programs: Problems and Future Directions. Quest 55:2, pages 141-160.
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Xiaofen Deng Keating, Stephen Silverman & Pamela Hodges Kulinna. (2001) The Development of an Instrument Measuring Preservice Physical Education Teacher Attitudes Toward Fitness Tests in Schools. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science 5:4, pages 219-242.
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WynnF. Updyke. (1992) In Search of Relevant and Credible Physical Fitness Standards for Children. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 63:2, pages 112-119.
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HarryA. King. (1990) Practitioners and the Scholar-Theorists of Measurement—An Uncoordinated Alliance. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance 61:3, pages 34-35.
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Edward Mleczko, Robert Malina, Elżbieta Cieśla & Elżbieta Szymańska. (2019) Ecological model of physical fitness determinants among children and adolescents in Poland compared to worldwide research, part 1.. Journal of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences 29:86, pages 31-43.
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James R. Whitehead & Charles B. Corbin. (2009) Effects of Fitness Test Type, Teacher, and Gender on Exercise Intrinsic Motivation and Physical Self‐Worth. Journal of School Health 61:1, pages 11-16.
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