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SOUSA, Leandro Araujo de et al. Knowledge Related to Health in Physical Education Students in the National Assessment of Student Achievement (ENADE). Motri. [online]. 2017, vol.13, suppl.1, pp.36-42. ISSN 1646-107X.

The study aims to analyze the knowledge related to health required the evidence of Physical Education students from the National Assessment of Student Achievement (ENADE) 2014.  All Physical Education students from Brazil who declared “present" in the specific component of the test. Students are categorized by gender (male and female), type of institution (public and private) and Brazil region (North, Northeast, Southeast, South and Midwest). Valid percentage of each alternative and the index of difficulty and discrimination of the items were analyzed. We used the SPSS statistical package (version 20.0). Most students answered the items correctly, with good understanding involving healthy habits in childhood and the contributions of physical education in teaching such content. However, many of them interpreted incorrectly, with misunderstandings about elementary questions on this topic. It is concluded that there are some knowledge limitations related to the Physical education students’ health, when the ENADE 2014 is used as a parameter.

Palabras clave : large scale assessment; higher education; proficiency.

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