Article
They Shall Run and Not Be Weary and They Shall Walk and Not Faint: 50 Years of the ORU Field Test
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning for Christians in Higher Education
(2023)
Abstract
A history of the development and changes of ORU’s field test over the last 50 years is presented followed by previously unpublished percentile values for N=14,076 recent prepandemic (2017–2019) field-test times for the distances for 1-mile, 1.5-mile, and 2-mile field tests for college students aged 18.9 years (N=2,198; 58.3% female), 19.1 years (N=1,574; 58.0% female), and 20.5 years (N=10,304; 57.3% female) respectively. The aim of this study is to establish an updated set of standard field test times that can serve as a valuable benchmark for assessing the cardio-vascular fitness levels of college students.
Keywords
- field test,
- aerobics program,
- physical fitness,
- physical education,
- fitness,
- walk,
- run,
- data,
- college students,
- assessment
Disciplines
Publication Date
June 15, 2023
DOI
10.31380/1559-8624.1107
Citation Information
Lora Conte, Anthony Domeck, Todd Farmer, Bill Gordon, et al.. "They Shall Run and Not Be Weary and They Shall Walk and Not Faint: 50 Years of the ORU Field Test" Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning for Christians in Higher Education Vol. 13 Iss. 1 (2023) p. 31 - 46 ISSN: 1559-8624 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/andrew-sid-lang/42/
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