Performance Based Assessment for Middle and High School Physical Education - Softcover

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jacalyn Lea Lund, PhD, is an associate professor of physical education at Ball State University. She also has 16 years of experience teaching in public secondary schools. Lund was on the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) team that developed the national content standards for physical education. She also has served on the writing team for the Kentucky Department of Education to create assessments for new physical education teachers. She is working to develop middle school assessments for the Indiana Physical Education Content Standards.

Lund earned an MS in physical education from the University of Northern Colorado in 1974 and a PhD in physical education from Ohio State University in 1990. She is a lifetime member of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD).

Mary Fortman Kirk, PhD, is a professor of physical education at Northern Kentucky University, where she coordinates health and physical education programs. She also taught physical education at the high school level for 10 years. Kirk has given many presentations on portfolios and alternative assessment at conferences including AAHPERD, NASPE, and the National Association for Physical Education in Higher Education. She was appointed by the Kentucky commissioner of education to serve on the state task force for the development of physical education assessment and new teacher performance assessments.

Kirk earned an MA in motor learning and physical education from Michigan State University in 1973 and a PhD in motor development and teacher preparation from Ohio State University in 1989. She is the author of two books on pre-sport development programs for the National Alliance of Youth Sport and the Girl Scouts of the USA.