PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES OF IMPLEMENTING CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION, THE CASE OF GEMECHIS WOREDA SECONDARY SCHOOLS, WEST HARARGHE ZONE, OROMIA REGIONAL STATE, ETHIOPIA.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore Practices and challenges of implementing continuous assessment in Physical Education and suggests potential solutions to the challenges. Four basic questions were raised to achieve the objectives of the study. To answer these basic research questions, descriptive survey research method was employed. Concerning the number of sample subjects, the study was used a total of 322 samples from two sample secondary schools. Among the total of 1461 sample subjects, 314 samples are students,4 samples are Physical Education Teachers and the remaining 4 samples are school principals. The school principals were selected by purposive sampling, whereas students were selected by stratified random sampling method. The major findings of this study include every poor document handling and record keeping of learners' continuous assessment achievement. Most physical education teachers assess their students once in a semester, Teachers that use this assessing frequency account about 75% of the total while only 25% of Teachers assess their students monthly. Many assessment techniques were used improperly. The study also found that large class sizes inadequacy of school infrastructure, lack of manuals, weak follow up support and feedback system on the implementation of continuous assessment, lack of material and playground in the schools was the major challenges of implementing continuous assessment. For further improvement, adequate and updated manuals, support and immediate feedback on the learners' continuous assessment implementation, fulfilment of facilities and materials and also adequate playground were suggested as potential solutions to the proper implementation of continuous assessment