Desarrollo y validación de una prueba escrita objetiva de elección múltiple para evaluar el conocimiento del entorno para el acondicionamiento físico (CENAFI) en escolares (Development and validation of an objective written test of multiple-choice to assess the knowledge about the environment for physical conditioning

• Published in: Retos (Madrid) Vol. 51; p. 426
• Main Authors: Guijarro-Romero, Santiago, Mayorga-Vega, Daniel, Casado-Robles, Carolina, Viciana, Jesús
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Madrid Federación Española de Docentes de Educación Física (FEADEF) 01.01.2024
• Subjects: Conditioning; Control Groups; Environment; Exercise; Intermediate Grades; Multiple choice; Physical Education; Physical Fitness; Secondary Education; Validity
• ISSN: 1579-1726; 1988-2041
• DOI: 10.47197/retos.v51.97719

The purpose of the present study was to build and develop and ad hoc multiple-choice written test to assess the schoolchildren’s knowledge of the environment around the educational center for physical conditioning (CENAFI). A total of 189 students (95 females) from first to fourth grades of Compulsory Secondary Education (Mage = 13.57 ± 1.3 years) participated in the study. The phases of the test validation were: (1) Construction and definition of the structure and purpose of the test; (2) content validation by experts; (3) piloting; (4) depuration and application of the definitive instrument; (5) test-retest reliability assessment; and (6) discriminant validity assessment. The final test consisted of 30 objective multiple-choice questions with moderate global difficulty (average = 11.60 points out of 30). All quantitative indices were adequate in difficulty, discrimination, and met the qualitative criteria established by the experts. The test-retest reliability of the test was adequate (ICC = .65) and the students who experienced the intervention program obtained a higher score than those of the control group, thus showing equally adequate discriminant validity. The results show that it is a valid and reliable measuring instrument in order to obtain information on schoolchildren’s knowledge of their immediate environment for physical conditioning. The present study represents a valuable contribution to scientific literature and has important practical repercussions for the Physical Education subject.