Get started
Work

Practice and Challenge of Continuous Assessment in Physical Education; in the Case of Some Selected Secondery Schools Sidama Zone

Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of the study a survey on the current status of continuous assessment in physical education class in Sidama Zone some selected woreda secondary schools. Five basic questions were raised to achieve the objectives of the study. To answer these basic research questions, descriptive survey research method was employed. For the study three wereda high schools were purposely selected for the setting of this study. From the total students of the schools approximately 5873, the sample size 280 male and 120 female generally 400 students were randomly selected from grade 9 and grade 10, nine (18) physical education teachers purposely selected as the sample. The needed data were obtained by means of questionnaires distributed to 18 physical education teachers and to 400 students, interview which was designed for physical education teachers and finally observational check list was used and percentage was used as a main technique of analysis for quantitative data and qualitative data were analyzed quantitatively (in words). The data were analyzed using SPSS. Accordingly the research revealed the following results, mostly the schools indicate the following problems; most physical education teachers did not include a variety of continuous assessment tools/ techniques in their plan, they did not use in the class activities. As a result the status of continuous assessment implementation was far from the standard and they concentrated on few tools and large class size, shortage of time, lack of teaching aids lack of availability of a few or no instructional media, lack of awareness about continuous assessment, teacher’s class load, and the student’s negative attitude towards the subject matter. As a result, it is difficult to practice continuous assessment in physical education class. Therefore, physical education teachers were not carrying their responsibilities such as awareness creation, using Varity methods of teaching, facilitating to full fill materials and generally they did not show their commitment.
DOI: 10.20372/nadre:19833
Author: LEGESE LAMISO ALCHA
Language: English
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7090902989
FWCI:
Cites:
Cited by:
Related to: