Changing the Score: Alternative Assessment Strategies and Tools for Sport in Middle School Physical Education

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to examine and expand on how assessment is facilitated by providing three sport specific examples embedded within the curriculums of Tactical Games Model, Sport Education and Play Practice, for how assessment can be thought about, structured, and enacted alongside each sport’s developmentally appropriate guidelines.

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Obidiah Atkinson

Obidiah Atkinson ([email protected]) is a physical education doctoral student and graduate assistant in Department of Human Sciences—College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH.

Jamie Jacob Brunsdon

Jamie Jacob Brunsdon is an assistant professor of physical education teacher education in College of Health Sciences, The University of Memphis in Memphis, TN.