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A study of the usefulness of formative evaluation form in volleyball classes for elementary school students
2018 Volume 23 Issue 1 Pages 31-38
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2018 Volume 23 Issue 1 Pages 31-38
In recent years, changes in the living environment such as a decline in the time, space, and companionship necessary for sports and outdoor play have affected children's physical activities (Central Education Council, 2002; Takahashi, 2011) . In order to provide children with plentiful and diverse experiences, environmental improvements directed toward promoting physical activity (Satou et al. , 2012) are being attempted.
It is an established fact that the sports children take up influence their continued participation in competitive and sports activities, as well as their personal growth (Takahashi, 2011; Côté and Lidor, 2013) . It is said that whether children's experiences with sports are good or bad can be best understood by asking the children themselves (Kobayashi, 1978) .
Formative evaluation form in physical education, which has been used for self-reflection of teachers and improvement of their classes (Takahashi et al. , 1994 & 1996; Hasegawa et al. , 1995) , is administered to children enrolled in physical education classes in order to formatively evaluate the classes.
As no evaluation instruments, such as formative evaluation form, which has been generalized to physical education classes, have been developed in the practice of sports coaching, studies have been conducted to develop evaluation instruments that can be used during sports coaching (Mori, 2017). Considering the above-mentioned approaches, the use of formative evaluation form (which has been widely used in physical education) in volleyball classes is novel and useful for the practice of sports coaching.
The objective of this study was to perform formative evaluation form (Takahashi et al., 1994 & 1996; Hasegawa et al., 1995) , which has been widely used in physical education, and to compare it with the diagnostic criteria of the formative class evaluation form instrument in order to assess its usefulness for volleyball classes for elementary school students.
