Abstract

The study aimed to diagnose conceptual formation in physical education in Chilean high school students. The study was methodologically descriptive cross section. 659 students participated, 54% men and 46% women, aged between 13 and 14, of the three educational units in the country; public school (36.4%), subsidized school (37.8%) and private school (25.8%). A stratified probabilistic sampling was developed according to the educational dependence and sex of the students. For the data collection, a questionnaire designed and validated with students of the Chilean curriculum was applied. The main results indicate that there are statistically significant differences between educational units, with specific test results Anova of f = 48,584 p <.05 in favor of private schools. In conclusion, the study shows a low disciplinary domain of the students in the different educational units, manifesting, once again, the need to seek innovative methodologies in the discipline in order to improve the learning of the conceptual dimension of it