Discovering Research
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1. A bit about me 2. My project 3. Things I learnt 4. Organising Literature 5. What I found beneficial about being a student researcher Discovering Research
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Discovering Research. A bit about me My project Things I learnt Organising Literature What I found beneficial about being a student researcher. A little bit about me…. Adventure. Grace Carter 3 rd year student at YSJ Studying Sport Science: Exercise practice. Baking. Sports. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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1. A bit about me
2. My project
3. Things I learnt
4. Organising Literature
5. What I found beneficial about being a student researcher
Discovering Research
A little bit about me….
Grace Carter
3rd year student at YSJ
Studying Sport Science: Exercise practice
Adventure
Sports
Holidays/Fun/Socials
Baking
MY PROJECT
Evaluating Children's Physical Activity
in a Free Play Environment
Why this
project?
Prevents chronic health
problems
Promotes physical, social
and psychosocial development
Vital for good health
*Childrens Physical Activity
30% of children in the UK are overweight or obese (BHF, 2012)
Childrens Physical Activ-ity levels (Nationl Statistic, 2012) 35% of children are not
getting enough exercise (60minutes of moderate-high intensity activity) (BHF, 2012)
*Free Play
Finally… Is a free play centre a good way to increase children's physical activity?
Non structured active play is the highest recorded type of physical activity! (BHF,
2012)
What I learnt from my project
Doing a good research project doesn’t have to frazzle your brain!
*Effective Literature Searching
1st Step
What is the
topic?
Break down search
topic into sections
Think of key terms
to describe
topic
Use advanced search on database
*Widening Search Results!
*Evaluating Children's Physical Activity in a Free Play Environment
*For phrase search use quotation marks - “Physical Activity” *Use OR between words on same search line for alternatives*Subject terms – click on arrow to change index*Varied word endings eg: Measure* for measurement, measurements, measured
*Step 2Choose where to Search*Discover- New library Catalogue*Search individual databases- relevant to your
subject -i.e SPORTDiscus – all aspects of sport
Modifying Searches *Experiment with different search words*Limit to years of publication
*Step 3 Organising Literature!
Save articles
in library folder
Look at abstract
s
Create Article tableArticle
Reference and
availability
*Example Can copy and paste from library source!
*Synthesising literature
*Step5
Keeping a perspective of the articles…
…Theme the articlesTheme Sub-theme Article to
support/contributeThe importance of autonomy
A14,A13,A12, A10, A9, A1
The importance of the built environment
A10, A6, A4, A3, A2, A17, A19, A23
Perceived barriers to PA
The importance of neighbourhood safety
A10, A17, A20
Travel distance A17Weather A20Other commitments (homework)
A20
Importance of free play PA
A8
Relevance of timing of PA i.e, weekends, afterschool, in school.
A7, A17, A24
*Benefit of using these skills
SAVES A LOT OF TIME!MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO
GATHER AND ORGANISE LITERATURE
Overall…
*Beneficial for a student
*Flexible job opportunity
*Expanding/Networking
*Massively Improved research skills!
*Fantastic CV experience
