Formative or traditional evaluation in the Physical Education session, an educational practice of contrast

Abstract

Evaluation is a task carried out by the physical educator with the intention of verifying the student’s appropriation of learning; however, the methods that are implemented in the Physical Education session to assign a grade are not clear. A qualitative study was carried out through a literature review of the last five years in the virtual databases SciELO, Dialnet and Google Scholar with the objective of identifying current trends in evaluation in Physical Education. It was carried out under the PRISMA criteria in three phases: Search strategies, selection of studies and extraction of results. The conclusions indicate that official trends on evaluation are inclined towards formative evaluation, however, the traditional paradigm prevails in the Physical Education session and there is a lack of systematization and specific methodologies to evaluate the appropriation of learning in the subject.