Research on the Physical Attributes Evaluation Criterion of College Students

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Advances in Physical Education

2014. Vo l.4, No.1, 6-9

Published Online February 2014 in SciRes (http://www.scirp.org/journal/ape) http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ape.2014.41002

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Research on the Physic al Attributes Evaluation Criterion of

College Students

Yujie Shen, Jindong Chang

College of Physical Education Southwest University, Chon gqing, China

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Received O ctober 9th, 2013; revised November 9th, 2013; accepted November 16th, 2013

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Purp ose: to i mprove the c ollege st udents’ enthusi asm to pa rticip ate in physi cal training and t hus enha nce

student s’ physical fitne ss ; to provide the r eference for the educ ation administr ative departments’ decisions

and fur ther improving t he college physi cal teac hing in our city. Methods : the paper di d analysis with t he

sample of 19 - 22 years old c ollege students ’ health monit oring data in 2009 in Chongq ing, appl ying the

method of percentiles to establish the physical attributes evaluation criterion of college students in

Chongqing. Resul ts: develop the score s heets of si ngle physica l attributes’ i ndex evaluati on, comprehen-

sive evaluation and physical attributes evaluation form for the Han college students in Chongqing. Con-

clusion: the physical attributes score sheets, evaluation form are applicable to the college students in

Chongq ing, and t hey can b e popularized to ot her universiti es in Chongqing.

Key words: Physical Attributes; Evaluation Criterion; College Students

Introduction

Physical attributes refer to the body’s abilities while doing

exercise. To some extent, these abilities can also be seen as the

integrated representation of human body morphology and func-

tion level. Physical attributes evaluation of college students is

paid more and more attention by the physical educators. There-

fore, how to use the result to give a comprehensive evaluation

for the students’ physical attributes is an important research

task that needs to be s olved in the physical fitness field and

receive much attention from the sports workers. Since 1997, for

various reasons, Chongqing has not established the physical

attributes evaluation system for the local college students,

which is entirely disproportionate to the social economic de-

velopment of Chongqing. For this reason, the paper did analysis

with the sample of three colleges’ 7206 students health moni-

toring data in 2009 in Chongqing, and established the physical

attributes score sheets, evaluation form for the college students

in Chongqing according to the widely used evaluation methods.

The goal of this research is to allow students to learn the place

of the level of his/her physical fitness in the same age group,

and enhance the students’ motivatio n to exercise. M eanwhile, it

can provide reference for the education administrative depar t-

ments’ decisions and further improving the college physical

teaching in our city.

Subject and Methods

Subjects

The study adopt cluster sampling method according to the

requirements of “2005 Implementation Plans of Physical Fit-

ness and Health Investigation on National College Students”,

and randomly selected 7206 Han students whom are aged 19 -

22 from Southwest University, Chongqing Normal University,

and Chongqing Industry Polytechnic College. There are 3983

boys (1048 aged 19, 1236 aged 20, 748 aged 21, and 951 aged

22), 3223 girls (778 aged 19, 715 aged 20, 909 aged 21, and

821 aged 22).

Test Met ho ds and Content

The study made physical attributes tests according to “2005

Inspection Detail Instruction of Physical Fitness and Health

Investigation on National College Students”. The tests i nclud ed

50-meter race, standing long jump, 1000-meter race (boys),

800-meter race (girls), sit-and-reach, and throwing medicine

ball.

Statistic Evaluation Method

The study employed the methods of percentiles to establish

the single index and comprehensive evaluation criteria. The

analysis was done with the help of SPSS. With the analysis of

variance, physical attributes’ indexes of all age groups of boys

and girls showed no significant differences. So the data of age

groups were merged according to the gender.

Results

Establishment of Single Physic al Attribut es’ Index

Evaluation Criterion

Grading of Single Physica l Attributes’ Index Evaluation

Criterio n

The grading of single physical attributes’ index evaluation

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criterion using time as the measuring unit (standing long jump,

sit-and-reach , thro wing medici ne b all ) (T able 1 ) was similar to

those the time was not used as the measuring unit (50-meter

race, 10 00-meter race , 800 -meter race), the two were di fferent

in the reverse rank ord er.

Establishment of Single Physical Attributes’ Index

Eval uation Criterion

The percentiles 3, 10, 25, 75, 90, 97 of boys’ and girls’

physical attributes were calculated respectively (Ta bles 2 and

3). Later, the evaluation forms of physical fitness were estab-

lished (Tables 4, 5).

Establishment of P hysic al Att r ibutes Comprehens ive

Eval uation Criterion

Physical attribut es comprehen sive evaluation was converti ng

the results of the five physical attributes’ indexes into the uni-

fied scores, and then graded the total points of the five physical

attributes’ indexes (Tables 6, 7).

1) The differences of percentiles 3 and 97 of boys’ and girls’

Table 1.

Grading of Single Physical Attributes’ Index Evaluation Criterion not using Time as the Measuring Unit.

Grading Criteri on Percentage/%

High Xi > P90 10

Better than Average P90 > Xi > P75 15

Middle P75 > Xi > P25 50

Lower than Average P25 > Xi > P10 15

Low Xi < P10 10

Table 2.

Percentiles of Physical Attributes of Boys in Chongqing.

Index P3 P10 P25 P75 P90 P97

50-Mete r Race/s 8.6 8.0 7.6 7.0 6.8 6.5

Standing Long Jump/cm 187.0 205.0 215.0 241.0 256.0 270.0

1000-Meter Race/s 316.0 302.0 2 65.6 227.0 214.0 200.5

Sit-and-Reach /cm 1.7 4.5 10.0 18.0 21.1 2 4.2

Throwing Medicine Ball/m 6.5 7.4 7.9 9.8 10.0 12.0

Table 3.

Percentiles of Physical Attributes of Girls in Chongqing.

Index P3 P10 P25 P75 P90 P97

50-Mete r Race/s 10.0 9.6 9 .2 8.6 8.2 7.9

Standing Long Jump/cm 143.0 158.0 161.0 180.0 198.0 220.0

800-Meter Race/ s 282.0 260.0 250. 0 226.0 216.4 206.0

Sit-and-Reach/cm 4.1 9.3 12.8 18 .8 21.2 24.0

Throwing Medicine Ball/m 3.9 4.2 4.8 6.1 6.8 8.1

Table 4.

Evaluation Criterion of Physical Attri butes of B oys i n Chongqing.

Index High Better than Average Middle Lower than Average Lo w

50-Meter Race/s

<6.8

6.8 - 7.0

7.1 - 7.6

7.7 - 8.0

>8.0

Standing Long Jump/cm >256.0 241.0 - 256.0 215.0 - 240.9 205.0 - 214.9 <205.0

1000-Meter Race/s

<214.0

214.0 - 227.0

227.0 - 265.6

265.6 - 302.0

>302.0

Sit-and-Reach/cm

>21.1

18.0 - 21.1

10.0 - 17.9

4.5 - 9.9

<4.5

Throwing Medicine Ball/m >10.0 9.8 - 10.0 7 .9 - 9.7 7.4 - 7.8 >7.4

Table 5.

Evaluation Criterion of Physical Attributes of Girls in Chongqing.

Index High Better than Average Middle Lower than Average Lo w

50-Meter Race/s

<8.2

8.6 - 8.2

8.7 - 9.2

9.3 - 9.6

>9.6

Standing Long Jump/cm

>198.0

180.0 - 198.0

161.0 - 179.9

158.0 - 160.9

<158.0

800-Meter Race/ s <216.4 2 16.4 - 226.0 226.1 - 250.0 260.0 - 250.1 >260.0

Sit-and-Reach/cm

>21.2

18.8 - 21.2

12.8 - 18.7

9.3 - 12.7

<9.3

Throwing Medicine Ball/m

>6.8

6.1 - 6.8

4.8 - 6.0

4.2 - 4.7

<4.2

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Table 6.

Score Sheet of Physical Attributes’ Index for the College Students in Chongqing.

Score 50-Meter Race/s S tanding Long Jump/cm Thr owing Medicine

Ball/s 1000-Meter Race (boys )/s,

800-Meter Race (girls)/s Sit-and-Reach/cm

Boy Girl Boy Girl Boy Gir l Boy Girl Boy Girl

1 8.6 10.0 187. 0 143.0 6.5 3.9 316. 0 282.0 1 .7 4.1

2 8.5 9.9 191.4 147.1 6.8 4.1 311.0 278.0 2.9 5.2

3 8.4 9.8 195.7 151.1 7.1 4.3 305.9 274.0 4.1 6.2

4 8.3 9.7 200.1 155.2 7.4 4.6 300.9 270.0 5.2 7.3

5 8.2 9.6 204.5 159.2 7.7 4.8 295.9 266.0 6.4 8.3

6 8.1 9.5 208.9 163.3 8.0 5.0 290.9 262.0 7.6 9.4

7 7.9 9.3 213.2 167.3 8.2 5.2 285.8 258.0 8.8 10.4

8 7.8 9.2 217.6 171.4 8.5 5.4 280.8 254.0 10.0 11.5

9 7.7 9.1 222.0 175.4 8.8 5.7 275.8 250.0 11.1 12.5

10 7.6 9.0 226.3 179.5 9.1 5.9 270.7 246.0 12.3 13.6

11 7.5 8.9 230.7 183.5 9.4 6.1 265.7 242.0 13.5 14.6

12 7.4 8.8 235.1 187.6 9.7 6.3 260.7 238.0 14.7 15.7

13 7.3 8.7 239.4 191.6 10.0 6.5 255. 6 234.0 1 5.9 16.7

14 7.2 8.6 243.8 195.7 10.3 6.8 250. 6 230.0 1 7.0 17.8

15 7.1 8.5 248.2 199.7 10.6 7.0 245. 6 226.0 1 8.2 18.8

16 7.0 8.4 252.6 203.8 10.9 7.2 240. 6 222.0 1 9.4 19.9

17 6.8 8.2 256.9 207.8 11.1 7.4 235. 5 218.0 2 0.6 20.9

18 6.7 8.1 261.3 211.9 11.4 7.6 230. 5 214.0 2 1.8 22.0

19 6.6 8.0 265.7 215.9 11.7 7.9 225. 5 210.0 2 2.9 23.0

20 6.5 7.9 270.0 220.0 12.0 8.1 220.5 206.0 24.1 24.1

Table 7.

Comprehensive Evaluation Criterion of Physical Attributes’ Index for the College Students in Chongqing.

Gender High Better than Average Middle Lower than Avera ge Low

Boy >75 68 - 75 43 - 67 33 - 42 <33

Girl >69 59 - 69 40 - 59 31 - 39 <31

physical att rib u tes were calcu lated resp ecti vely, then divid ed by

19 and obtained the value when every point added or decreased.

2) Dividing the evaluation criterion of single physical attrib-

utes’ index into 20 score sections, the total score was 20. The

result of percentiles 97 of physical attributes’ index evaluation

criterion not using time as the measuring unit was 20; there is a

corresponding drop of one score when a section score de-

creased. The result of percentiles 3 of physical attributes’ index

evaluation criterion using time as the measuring unit was 20;

there is a corresponding drop of one score when a section score

increased.

3) Obtain the summation of the results of every student’s

physical attributes’ indexes.

4) Calculat ing th e percenti les 10, 25, 5, 90 of the total scores

of boys’ and girls’ physical attributes’ i ndexes and estab lish th e

comprehensive evalu ation cr iterion.

Usage of Evaluation Method

1) Identifying the score sheets of single physical attributes’

index and physical attributes evaluation form according to the

gender, and find the corresponding scores and grade.

2) Comprehensive evaluation of physical attributes is calcu-

lating the total points of the single physical attributes’ indexes,

and then identifies the grade from the corresponding compre-

hensive evaluation form of physical attributes’ index.

Conclusions

1) In this work, through the measurements of physical at-

tributes’ indexes of three colleges’ 7206 Han students in 2009

in Chongqing, we established the physical attributes evaluation

criterion for college students in Chongqing according to the

method of percentile.

2) The physical attributes score sheets, evaluation form are

applicable to the college students in Chongqing, and they can

be popularized to other universities in Chongqing.

Acknowledgements

This research pro ject was supported by the Fundamental Re-

search Funds for the Central Universities of Southwest Univer-

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sity (SWU1109071), the Humanities and Social Science Re-

search Youth Foundation of the Ministry of Education in China

(Grant No. 12YJC880005) and Chongqing Higher Education

Reform Project (No. 120388). Here the authors would like to

express heartfelt thanks.

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