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Is there a Correlation between Physical Fitness and CTP4 grades ?
Daniel F. Cabrera
CTP4
This test is administered to 6th graders It is made up of two main sections Math
and English. The English can be broken down into
verbal, vocabulary, and reading comprehension.
The Math section can be broken down into quantative ability and mathematics
Fitness test
This test is a test of physical fitness and is administered to every grade up to high school.
The test consist of running a mile, 40 meter dash, sit and reach, sit ups and pull ups.
Fitness test
There are three different awards given Health, National, and Presidential Fitness Awards.
Each level has specific requirements that become harder going from Health to Presidential.
Recently the rules have changed and every student now receives the Health Fitness Award.
Objective
The objective of this study was to examine student achievement in fitness tests and correlate the individual student with the 6th grade standard test, the CTP4.
Methods
I divided the study into groups of male and female.
Correlations where made on the five sections of the CTP4.
Students were not identified by name to protect confidentiality.
Procedure
1. I e-mailed SOMS staff to get permission for this study.
2. With this permission I spoke to the gym teachers and accumulated the data for their 7th grade classes, with a sample size n=104 students.
3. I recorded how many kids in those classes achieved the 3 different awards.
4. I obtained the CTP4 National Norm Group percentile for each kid.
Procedure
Procedure
5. After the data was obtained, I graphed the data into many different types of plots to demonstrate every difference in the data and to prove every correlation.
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Overall Results
F (45, 43.3%)
M (59, 56.7%)
Pie Chart of Gender
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Conclusion
There is a correlation between Fitness test and CTP4 test.
The Male and Female correlation were opposite from each other.
The boys who preformed better on the fitness test did better on the CTP4
The girls who preformed better on the fitness test did worse on the CTP4
Special Thanks
Mrs. McGroganMrs. RincheraMrs. BeneckeMr. Francesco Mr. RaffretyDr. Cabrera
