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Understanding Children's Physical Activity in Free Play Centers: A Student Research Project

Join Grace Carter, a 3rd-year Sport Science student, on her adventure evaluating children's physical activity in free play centers. Discover why non-structured active play is crucial and explore effective methods for literature searching and organizing. Uncover if free play centers can boost children's exercise and learn valuable research skills along the way.

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Understanding Children's Physical Activity in Free Play Centers: A Student Research Project

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  1. Discovering Research A bit about me My project Things I learnt Organising Literature What I found beneficial about being a student researcher

  2. A little bit about me…. Adventure Grace Carter 3rd year student at YSJ Studying Sport Science: Exercise practice Baking Sports Holidays/Fun/Socials

  3. MY PROJECT Evaluating Children'sPhysical Activity in a Free PlayEnvironment

  4. 35% of children are not getting enough exercise (60minutes of moderate-high intensity activity) (BHF, 2012) Childrens Physical Activity 30% of children in the UK are overweight or obese (BHF, 2012)

  5. 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) Free Play

  6. Doing a good research project doesn’t have to frazzle your brain! What I learnt from my project

  7. DO YOUR RESEARCH! KEY

  8. Effective Literature Searching

  9. Evaluating Children'sPhysical Activity in a Free PlayEnvironment • 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 Widening Search Results!

  10. Choose where to Search • Discover- New library Catalogue • Search individual databases- relevant to your subject -i.eSPORTDiscus – all aspects of sport Modifying Searches • Experiment with different search words • Limit to years of publication Step 2

  11. Step 3 Organising Literature!

  12. Can copy and paste from library source!  Example

  13. Synthesising literature

  14. Step5 Keeping a perspective of the articles…

  15. …Theme the articles

  16. Benefit of using these skills SAVES A LOT OF TIME!MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO GATHER AND ORGANISE LITERATURE

  17. Beneficial for a student • Flexible job opportunity • Expanding/Networking • Massively Improved research skills! • Fantastic CV experience Overall…

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