Comparison of Aptitude Test Scores of The Students Who Win and Who Cannot Win Sports High School
Journal Title: Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Araştırmaları Dergisi - Year 2018, Vol 10, Issue 1
Abstract
The purpose of the study was comparing the differences between the scores of the students who passed and who could not pass Aptitude Tests for sports high schools. The study was conducted with 101 students (male: n=67; female: n=34) who took and succeeded the Aptitude Test in 2017-2018 academic year among 206 students (male: 152; female: 54), and with 105 students (male: n=85; female: n=20) students who could not pass the test. The students participated in the coordination track, 30-m speed, standing long jump, rhythm tests, and received scores according to their performances. The Sports Player Background Scores (if any) were added to their scores and the Sportive Success Scores (SSS) were determined. The Sports Player Background Scores (if any) were added to their scores and the Sportive Success Scores (SSS) were determined. Mann-Whitney U test was used in comparisons to identify the difference between academic success and ability test points of male and female participants who passed or failed the test, and Kruskal Wallis H test was used to identify the difference among the groups. At the end of the study, the difference in sports ability test points of the female and male participants who passed the test and the ones who failed the test were statistically significant. Male and female partıcipants in third category had the highest point in sports ability tests and school placement.
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Fatma Çelik Kayapınar
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