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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.
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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 3rd year student at YSJ Studying Sport Science: Exercise practice Baking Sports Holidays/Fun/Socials
MY PROJECT Evaluating Children'sPhysical Activity in a Free PlayEnvironment
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)
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
Doing a good research project doesn’t have to frazzle your brain! What I learnt from my project
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!
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
Step5 Keeping a perspective of the articles…
Benefit of using these skills SAVES A LOT OF TIME!MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO GATHER AND ORGANISE LITERATURE
Beneficial for a student • Flexible job opportunity • Expanding/Networking • Massively Improved research skills! • Fantastic CV experience Overall…