I am still in the process of analyzing the data I've collected. From what I can see from compiling it into my spread sheets my students don't eat appropriately and their meals have little to no nutritional value. There seems to be a direct correlations between how "grumpy" they are and that seems to definitely reflect in their referral rates and attitudes in class.
In my opinion this type of research needs to be conducted for a longer period of time. I also wonder if the time of year might produce different results. This is the last trimester at my school and a lot of our student's last opportunity to graduate on time. In other words they can see the light at the end of the tunnel, so a lot of our students on their best behavior compared to the beginning if the year where the they can't see the light. My results will alter my nutrition unit - I need to spend more time on the accessibility and cost friendly healthy foods as well as the importance food is to be successful.
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Nutrition Pre and Post-TestI will be using a good survey for my pretest and I will use the same test for their post-test to see how much they learned throughout the treatment. Click HERE to access survey. RubricI will be using a rubric to collect data for each of my student's entries. Click HERE to view rubric. Student Referral RatesI will be using data collected by the office of all of my student's referrals. I will then compare them to their score of the rubric to identify if there is a relationship between poor nutrition and behavior. This data is not linked as I have not collected it yet and it violates my student's privacy. Student ReflectionTo collect more qualitative data I will write a reflection at the end of the treatment answering the following questions:
Qualitative vs Quantitative DataI chose to do a mixed-method study throughout my research action study to answer my driving question: "What effect does tracking nutrition digitally have on student behavior and success?"
This means I will be utilizing both qualitative and quantitative data analysis. I will collect my qualitative data by first giving each of my students a pre and post-test: this will give me an understanding their depth knowledge about nutrition, health, and exercise prior to the treatment and will tell me whether students gained additional knowledge about nutrition. Second, throughout the study students will record their every meal, snack and exercise routine with an app on their phone called “MyfitnessPal”. Students will be scored on their nutritional tracking with a rubric. Third I will collect behavior referral information so that I can compare their tracking score. To collect quantitative data I simply plan to give my students an opportunity for reflection of the process. I will utilize descriptive and inferential statistics to analyze the information and to see if there is a correlation between nutrition and referral rates |
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