ABSTRACT
Assessment of the affective dimension of pupils’ development in physical education has historically received very little, if any, attention. This chapter has described some of the ways that teachers can assess this affective domain in physical education. We have looked at a variety of written tests and materials including journals, oral reporting, particularly group discussion, and teacher observations including video recording. These are the most ‘user friendly’ instruments of assessment in this area and are fairly easily administered without the need to resort to statistical analysis. In some ways this is a weakness, in that the results generated cannot be used in generalising to a larger population. On the other hand, it could be viewed as a strength, in that the results are context-specific and relate very closely to naturalistic settings, that is they describe what is really happening in real-life situations.
