A comparative Study of health Fitness Test Batteries between the King Abdullah II Award in Jordan with Criteria of President Award and FitnessGram in America

Authors

Mousa Abdulkhareem Abu dalbouh, Yarmouk University, JordanFollow
Wasfi M. Khazaleh, Yarmouk university, JordanFollow
Ahmad Bataineh, Yarmouk University, JordanFollow
Saed Banihani, Yarmouk University, JordanFollow

Abstract

This paper compared the current test batteries between fitness tests in the United States and Jordan, focusing on the fitness components of students at the age of 16 years. The study sample consisted of 378 students from the 10th grade. 192 of this sample were males and 186 were females. Researchers applied King Abdullah Award tests and compared results with the American criteria (www.presidentschallenge.org) and the criteria mentioned by Baumgartner, Jackson St., Maher & Rowe, 2007, using Percentiles, Kolmogorov –Smirnov normal distribution, Skewness coefficient convolution, means, and standard deviations. Jordanian students showed weakness in all fitness parameters tested in comparison with fitness gram, while the girls (16 years) did not show a significant difference as compared with the mentioned criteria. The authors recommended the use of the percentile degree that has been built in this study by the Ministry of Education in Jordan to establish a criterion for students of all ages in Jordan.

Recommended Citation

Abu dalbouh, Mousa Abdulkhareem; Khazaleh, Wasfi M.; Bataineh, Ahmad; and Banihani, Saed (2023) "A comparative Study of health Fitness Test Batteries between the King Abdullah II Award in Jordan with Criteria of President Award and FitnessGram in America," Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education (مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية (للبحوث في التعليم العالي: Vol. 43: Iss. 2, Article 17.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/jaaru_rhe/vol43/iss2/17