Student-led Play Days: Incorporating Student Assessment

End-of-year student play days are frequently a tradition that provides elementary students an opportunity to be active in a fun, festive environment. Physical educators can use play days as a time to authentically assess their students while the students are enjoying the activities. Those planned by...

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Published inStrategies (Reston, Va.) Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 15 - 20
Main Author Jenkins, Jayne M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Reston Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.2004
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Classrooms
Conflict Resolution
Educational evaluation
Elementary School Students
Games
Grade 4
Grade 5
Individual Differences
Interpersonal Relationship
National Standards
Opportunities
Physical Education
Physical Education Teachers
School Schedules
Social Behavior
Student Behavior
Student Evaluation
Student Participation
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Summary:End-of-year student play days are frequently a tradition that provides elementary students an opportunity to be active in a fun, festive environment. Physical educators can use play days as a time to authentically assess their students while the students are enjoying the activities. Those planned by the students themselves have been found to be more successful. This article describes how a successful student-led play day, created and led by 5th grade students, was used to assess students based on the national and Wyoming Content Standards. (Contains 7 tables.)
ISSN:0892-4562
2168-3778
DOI:10.1080/08924562.2004.10591080