*Final Comments*

I want to thank everyone again for coming to class prepared and giving their best effort. I just want to leave everyone with some success tips for inside and outside of the classroom.

Improve/Maintain In Class

-Incorporate activities which use the aerobic system

-Utilize Fitnessgram testing periodically and make changes to keep the students intrigued

-Keep the students informed. Provide them with their results so they can track their progress, seeing their improvement over the year can be very important to the students.

-Constantly raise the bar, it is important to provide the students with a challenge they can overcome. This gives them something to strive for.

-Healthy Choice of the Day- Review the lunches in the school and explain to the class what is the best choice and why.

Improve/Maintain Out of Class

-Provide the class with some activities they can do outside of school.

-Take a jog! Explaing to them that jogging around the block or around town is a great way to workout and will positively affect their mile and other aerobic system test results.

-Nutrition and Rest. Cover the importance of nutrition and rest whenever possible. Nutrition is very important to achieve maximal results. Also, sleeping is very important. When you sleep your body recharges and takes all the necessary measures it needs so it can properly function the next day. If you deprive your body of sleep, many problems can occur.

Performance

Males vs. Females

Both the Females and Males tested very well, with the majority of everyone falling into the healthy of fit category. Just to create a comparison between males and females, here are the results.

Average Times:

Females Trial 1= 9.03 minutes
Females Trial 2= 8.41 minutes

Males Trial 1= 7.42 minutes
Males Trial 2= 7.33 minutes

7 Females in the class

11 Males in the class

As you can see the males performed slightly better in both trials. Could this be because of the difference in their aerobic capacity or another underlying factor? For example does height play a difference in the mile run? To an extent, it can. An individual who is taller, naturally with have longer legs which means longer stride. Having a smooth lengthy stride is a vital part to running a fast mile time. Just something to think about.

Overview

Everyone did a great job with both trials of the Mile assessment. Even with the extreme heat, everyone was very successful.

Our total class size was 18 students.

In trial 1:

12/18= Healthy
4/18= Fit
2/18= Needs Improvement
Average Time: 8 minutes and 29 seconds

In trial 2:

12/18= Healthy
4/18= Fit
2/18= Needs Improvement
Average Time: 8 minutes and 15 seconds

Test Validity: The mile is one of the most common tests used to measure aerobic capacity. The reason is because it works! The Mile is a great way to assess and record progress of your students throughout the school year. Hence why the Fitness 500 challenge, Presidential Challenge, and the Fitnessgram.

Test Reliability: The track was walked off both times to ensure consistency and reliability. Every aspect that was controllable was the same for both trials of the Mile run. The course layout, warm-up, instructions, and course location were all the same. However, there are some factors which can't be controlled, such as mother nature. On the second trial, it was slightly hotter, and the air quality was slightly worse. This could be a factor which may have affected some of the students scores the second time around. As you can see from the numbers, the test is very reliable. Trial 1 average time was 8 minutes and 29 seconds. Trial 2 was 8 minutes and 15 seconds. Overall the times improved, this could be to a couple of different factors. One, we had been doing different assessments almost every day between Trial 1 and Trial 2. Many students were also taking a Fitness course. The results were extremely close, which I feel displays that this Mile Assessment is very reliable.

Ranges in Trial 1:
Males: 5:59-9:59
Females: 7:57-9:42

Ranges in Trial 2:
Males: 6:15-9:29
Females: 7:46-9:30

Average Fitness Zone of class= Healthy
Average Fitness Zone of Males= Healthy
Average Fitness Zone of Females= Healthy

Exceptional Performances:
4 males tested "Fit" in trial 1.

4 males tested "Fit" in trial 2.
However, only 2 males tested "Fit" consecutively in both trials.

After talking to the students we found that repeat exceptional performances were not reached due to a slight injury and muscles soreness due to a previous workout.