Means of Assessment and Development of Competences in Higher Education for Physical Education Students

Abstract

The objective of this study is to test the power of prediction of means of assessment for competences in university-level physical education students. Two studies were carried out with two different samples. A descriptive correlational study was carried out in which competences and means of assessment were measured to determine the degree of relation that might exist between these variables. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis showed appropriate psychometric measures of validity and reliability of both instruments. The scale of competences was composed of three dimensions (generic competence, specific competence in physical education, and personal competence) while the assessment instrument was composed of two dimensions (means of evaluation that require or do not require feedback). The leading conclusion shows a positive relation between teaching competences and means of assessment, and also demonstrates that means of assessment that required feedback positively predicted the teaching competences to a greater extent than those that did not require it.