Issues with Fitness Testing in Physical Education - Dr Risto Marttinen (Pt2)

 

The current state and issues in with Fitness testing in PE.

Dr Risto Marttinen is an assistant professor at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.A.

Check excellent podcast from Risto's team: Playing with Research in Health and Physical Education. You can find it for example here.

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Timestamps:

2:00 Why California stopped fitness testing in schools?

8:00 4-points to make fitness testing feasible in PE

14.00 What all can go wrong in real-world data collection with school age youth?

20:00 What would be ideal activity tracker for youth?

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