High School Students' Attitudes and Cognation Towards Physical Fitness Testing

• Main Authors: Yang Ya-Lin, 楊雅琳
• Other Authors: Chen Ming-Hung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/51751421039036809056

碩士 === 國立屏東科技大學 === 休閒運動健康系所 === 101 === The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes and cognation of physical fitness testing among different background students’ senior high school students, and analysis the relationship between students’ fitness cognation and attitude towards physical fitness testing. The subjects were 587 senior high school students who completed the fitness knowledge test and the fitness attitude scale. These questionnaires were revised by three experts and finished pre-test. The questionnaires returns-ratio is 98.9%. The descriptive analysis, t-test, one-way ANOVA and Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient correlation were applied. The results were as follow: 1.Students’ attitudes towards fitness testing were significant different with different background variables, such as exercise habits, favorite sports and duration of exercise per week. 2.Students’fitness pre-testing behavior was significant difference with different background, such as gender, favorite sports, exercise habits and duration of exercise per week. 3.Students’fitness post-testing changing behavior was significant difference with different background, such as gender, grades, favorite sports, exercise habits and duration of exercise per week. 4.There were significant correlations between students of fitness knowledge and their attitude towards fitness testing, and connotation of fitness testing. The recommendations of this study were as follow: 1.Senior high school teachers should provide students exercise prescription to promote student understand the purpose of fitness testing. 2. Students’ physical activity and extra-curriculum sports participation should be marked. 3. Senior high school PE curriculum should include fitness knowledge, content of fitness testing and post-testing exercise prescription to promote students understand the purpose of fitness testing.