Extracurricular
Participation Action Research
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Goal: To
evaluate the relationship between students’ participation in extracurricular
activities and their success in high school.
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Action Steps(s):
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Person(s) Responsible:
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Timeline: Start/End
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Needed Resources
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Evaluation
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1. Seek
approval for possible action research topics
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Katie Sanders
Benjamin Petty
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December 2012
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*Action
Research Plan
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Agreement from site supervisor
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2. Select
an action research topic
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Katie Sanders
Benjamin Petty
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December 2012
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*Questions
*Proposed issues that need attention on campus
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Approval from site supervisor
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3. Survey
students who participate in different after school activities
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Katie Sanders
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February 2013- April 2013
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*A handful
of students from each of the extracurricular programs
*Survey
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Student input on the significance of the extracurricular
programs
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4. Survey
and survey coaches, and sponsors
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Katie Sanders
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February 2013- April 2013
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*Sample of
coaches and sponsors who are willing to participate
*Survey
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Coaches and sponsors input on the significance of
extracurricular activities, and their idea of the role that extracurricular
activities play in their careers
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5. Survey
non-coaching, non-sponsoring teachers
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Katie Sanders
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February 2013- April 2013
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*Sample of
non-coaching and non-sponsoring teachers who are willing to participate
*Survey
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Analyze what teachers feel the value of extracurricular
participation is to student success
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6.
Interview/Survey Administrators
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Katie Sanders
Benjamin Petty
Superintendent
Deena VanPelt
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February 2013- April 2013
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*Schedule
appointments with administrators
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Analyze what administrators feel the value of extracurricular
participation is to student success
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7.
Determine the percentage of students
currently participating in one or more extracurricular activities
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Katie Sanders
Benjamin Petty
PEIMS coordinator
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January 2013
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*List of
participation from sponsors and coaches
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Create a table with the percentages
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8. Collect
data on all students’ 2nd semester averages
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Katie Sanders
PEIMS coordinator
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May 2013- June 2013
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*All
student semester averages
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Create passing percentage of student body
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9. Collect
data on students who participate in extracurricular activities 2nd
semester averages
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Katie Sanders
PEIMS coordinator
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May 2013- June 2013
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* Students
who participate in extracurricular activities semester averages
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Create passing percentage of students who participate in
extracurricular activities
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10.
Collect data on attendance for students who DO NOT participate in
extracurricular activities
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Katie Sanders
PEIMS coordinator
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February 2013 April
2013 May 2013
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*Attendance
percentages
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Create a percentage on the number of days attended for students
who DO NOT participate in extracurricular activities
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11.
Collect data on attendance for students who participate in extracurricular
activities
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Katie Sanders
PEIMS coordinator
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February 2013 April
2013 May 2013
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*Attendance
percentages
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Create a percentage on the number of days attended for students
who participate in extracurricular activities
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12.
Collect data on office referrals for students who DO NOT participate in
extracurricular activities
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Katie Sanders
Deena VanPelt
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February 2013 April
2013 May 2013
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*Office
referral percentages
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Create a percentage for the number of office referrals for
students who DO NOT participate in extracurricular activities
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13.
Collect data on office referrals for students who participate in
extracurricular activities
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Katie Sanders
Deena VanPelt
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February 2013 April
2013 May 2013
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*Office
referral percentages
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Create a percentage for the number of office referrals for
students who participate in extracurricular activities
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14. Get
permission to access student STAAR scores
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Benjamin Petty
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May 2013
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STAAR
results
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Create a comparison of students who participate in extracurricular
activities to those who do not participate
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15.
Collect data on students’ STAAR scores
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Katie Sanders
PEIMS coordinator
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May 2013-
August 2013
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STAAR
results
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Create passing percentage of student body
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16.
Compare the STAAR results of students who participate in extracurricular
activities to those who do not participate
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Katie Sanders
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August 2013
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STAAR
results comparison
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Create passing percentages of students who participate in
extracurricular activities to those who do not participate
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17.
Research the role of extracurricular participation in high schools
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Katie Sanders
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June, July, and August 2013
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Internet,
Articles
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Analyze the effectiveness and role of extracurricular activities
in high school
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18.
Research what different tactics sponsors and coaches have used successfully
to keep track of students’ grades and help keep students’ grades passing
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Katie Sanders
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June, July, and August 2013
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Internet,
Articles
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Determine ways we can help our students achieve academic
success.
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19. Create
an action research report
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Katie Sanders
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September 2013
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Data
collected, internet, articles, search engines
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Final action research report
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20.
Present action research report to administrators
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Katie Sanders
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September2013-
December 2013 (in preparation for the 2014 year)
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Action
research plan
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Discuss my findings with administrators, and how this research
will help students be successful academically
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Sunday, December 9, 2012
Extracurricular Participation Action Research
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What a great topic for research. A very thought out plan and good presentation of it. I will be very interested in the results. We have so few students who participate in activities other than sports...compared to the number of students we have. Then also, in high school there are a great number of students with after school jobs. This keeps them from the after school activities. I'll be reading.
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ReplyDeleteI love your AR topic! This is actually in my Internship Plan from 5311. I'd love to stay updated with your research and outcome, if possible. I'm a dance director and asst. with cheer at a HS here in San Antonio. Actually think we have mutual friends from TxState. (RANDOM)Anyway, I truly believe that students who are involved in extra curricular activities benefit in more ways than one. Good Luck!
JM
Katie, great topic! Your plan looks good! Have you thought about surveying or interviewing some students who are not in any activities to find out why? As Pam mentioned, it might be after school jobs or transportation issues or any number of things. It might add another dimension to your data. I'd like to know the results!
ReplyDeleteI will definitely add that in there. Thanks for commenting.
DeleteKatie, What a great topic! Your plan is well thought out and organized. As a sponsor of a few different activities and a cheer coach, I am very interested in your research process as well as the results! Best wishes!
ReplyDeleteA very honest and straight forward plan. This is no "re-inventing the wheel" topic. It focuses on unlikely subjects that others never even think about. Genius. I like it!
ReplyDeleteYour topic is a great one! Extra curricular activities are a vital part of the educational experience and anything that we can do to engage more students isa plus. I am anxious to find out what your action plan will reveal. Now please go and comment on Alisas amzing action plan. Thanks
ReplyDeleteKatie, great topic! I am always amazed every year how many football and basketball players seem to put forth the effort to pass in the fall and then completely drop the effort in the spring and end up failing the class. One suggestion I might have for you is to take out the top and bottom 30% of your data group when analyzing this. With the top GPA students it really probably doesn't matter if they are involved with activities or not for them to get good grades. The bottom 30% are almost all likely to not be participating in an activity. It is the middle of the group that will be the most interesting. That is where you find the student athletes, and the students whose grades are affected by the activities they do. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThat is an interesting angle that I did not think of. The only problem with that is that there are only 400 students in our school. I don't feel like I will have a big enough sample if I take out 60%. You are very correct with the top %. It wouldn't matter either way; however, I do have a couple of students who are at the very bottom that I think would benefit from being in some extracurricular activity. This will be a great topic for me to bring up with my Principal. Thanks!
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