My driving question (ever evolving) is: “What effect does tracking nutrition digitally have on student behavior and success?” For my action research study I will doing a mixed methods study to analyze how nutrition effects our student's behaviors throughout the day. I want to see if there is a correlation between nutrition, or lack of, and referral rates.
I will be utilizing students personal devices (ie. cell phones) and a free app named MyFitnessPal as tools to implement my action research study. Students will use the app to record their diet and within that app it can calculate how many calories from fat, carbohydrates, protein, etc. Students will be able to share this data with me through the app which is one of the many reason why I chose this app. I also love that it gives tips and assists the students in setting goals (actually a fantastic tool for young people and adults). I have chosen to utilize their cell phone because everyone of my students has one and it is always with them, so hopefully they will never forget to record. I am interested to see if digitally tracking their nutrition with this app on their cell phone helps my students with achieving their goals in both improving their behavior and with academic success.
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James Macariola
3/24/2018 11:14:25 pm
I really like your DQ. I think it is an awesome idea and that many people can learn from your data that you will collect. Are you also planning to collect their steps, their activities, how many calories they burn in an average day?
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Samuel Urena
3/26/2018 09:47:27 am
I love the idea of having your students use their personal cell phones. You are correct on that they always have their phones with them. Just thinking about it seems that they will be intrigued to use the fitness app in their phones but then again it’s not Fortnite! I think the only question I have right now is how you plan to measure the data that students provide you with? How will you be organizing this data? Don’t think that I know how I will be doing these things for my research study, but I ask because I can definitely use some pointers as well! Lol! This collecting, organization and analyzing data seems a bit overwhelming doesn’t it? Or is it just me? I’m excited to listen to how your action research goes as this is a very important issue in today’s schools, student health and nutrition.
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Matt
3/26/2018 09:49:57 am
I'm really interested to see if there is a connection between referral rates and nutrition. I wonder if students are even aware of the food that they are eating, and the effect that might have on their mood and ability to focus while they are in school. It will also be interesting to see the kinds of food that they eat before they even get to school. I wonder if students will make a change in the food that they eat based on logging their data over the course of the two weeks.
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Sarah
4/2/2018 01:04:15 pm
I’m excited to see the relation too! In the past when i have done a lesson that is the first time any of them have thought about what they are putting into their body. Most have never been able taught how to read a food label.
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Paula
3/26/2018 03:36:09 pm
I like the idea of you introducing your students this app. I have used it myself and it's very helpful and eye-opening to actually keep track of your diet and physical fitness. You are doing a really good thing to empower your students to take charge of their health. Nutrition and exercise was something that I was not really taught the importance of as a young person. The majority of your students are most likely making their daily decision on what to eat and how physically active they need to be. I think that this will very beneficial, and I'm sure many student will internalize what you teach them.
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Kristina Lopez
3/27/2018 02:48:48 pm
I've gotta know, how are you going to get the kids to remember to do this?! I have the hardest time doing it myself! I think it's such a great research question though. You would think that there would be some type of correlation between bad food and bad moods, but then again I see some of my best kids having Hot Cheetos for breakfast. I'm interested in finding out what your research finds!
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Sarah Tinloy
4/2/2018 01:02:22 pm
I plan to make it an assignment that they will need to complete for points. Ideally i would like them to do it for three weeks since it takes three weeks to create a habit BUT we do not have that kind of time. Even though some of your best students are eating hot Cheetos for breakfast I wonder if they are “crashing” sooner or are hungry again before break or lunch?
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