Grant Activities

During the Fall 2003 semester, the first cohort of students completed the two-course sequence in research methods/statistics. 

During course #1, students developed a research question and corresponding hypothesis and also wrote the review of literature section of their group research reports. 

In course #2, students collected data, analyzed the data, and wrote the methods, results, and discussion sections of their research reports. 

As of Spring 2005 semester, a total of four cohorts of students have completed group research projects in CSH 250/CSH 350.

Some of these research projects have included: Exercise Participation, Television Viewing, and Body Fat Percent for Students in Grades 4-8.   Stress and Grade Point Averages of College Students.   Effect of High School Sex Education Programs on Current Sexual Practices of College Students.   Exercise Participation, Television Viewing, Diet, and Body Fat Percent of High School Freshmen versus College Freshmen. Relationship between Functional Ability and Quality of Life among Older Adults.   Attitudes toward Needle Exchange Programs.

A fifth cohort of students will finish data collection in Fall 2005 and the two group research projects are:

• Relationship between Health Behaviors among Male and Female Adolescents.
   
• Mass Media Effect on Body Image Among High School Female Freshmen Versus High School Female Seniors.

Students have presented research results at the WPU Research and Scholarship Day. 

In February, 2005 Renee La Gala, a major in Exercise and Movement Sciences, presented a paper entitled “Exercise Participation, Television Viewing, and Body Fat Percent for Students in Grades 4-8” at the Eastern District Association Convention of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance in Springfield MA.