Graduate Action Research Project
Emory & Henry College
Introduction / Rationale
Introduction / Rationale
I believe that introducing
non-traditional sports to the
students and teaching
them different methods of
being active will motivate
them to be strong
members of a lifelong
fitness community.
According to SHAPE
America physically literate
is defined as, the ability to
move with competence
and confidence in a wide
variety of physical activities
in multiple environments
that benefit the healthy
development of the whole
person (Francis, Mandigo,
Lodewyk, & Lopez, 2014.)
Fall 2016
Chuck A. Harris
Research Topic Literature Review
Traditional sports are formed
Would Offering Non-Traditional more around a power and
performance model.
Sports Promote Greater Power and performance
Participation for those not as sports are highly organized
and competitive.
Physically Literate? They emphasize the use of
strength, speed, and power to
push human limits (Coakley,
Research Design 2012.)
Non-traditional sports would
be formed more around
The study is designed to take place in an 11th grade
pleasure and participation
Physical Education classroom and it will occur over a models.
four week period. Pleasure and participation
Two weeks of the study the students will be playing a sports will generally promote
traditional sport such as football and the other two active participation revolving
weeks the students will be playing a non-traditional around connections between
sport such as disc golf. people, mind, body, and
There will be two different forms of measurement physical activity
used to determine if participation was increased. Classrooms that focus more
One form is an observational journal where the on pleasurable sports will
often utilize partner activities
teacher will note all of the students that fully where you partner motivates
participate and the ones that do not. you to get better (Coakley,
The journal will allow us to be able to see which of the 2012.)
sports provoked the highest amount of participation.
The second form of measurement will be an
anonymous survey that will exam how the students
feel towards traditional and non-traditional sports.