Action Research Outline
I. Focus: Student-Athlete directed ownership of game film breakdown
II. Purpose: To determine if shifting the responsibility of game film breakdown to the Student-Athlete will improve their understanding of game preparation, increasing their effectiveness on the field during practice and games.
III. Research Question: Does shifting game film breakdown from Coach-led to Student-Athlete led increase practice and game outcome?
IV. Research Design: The design is quantitative, because the goal is to decrease the amount of time needed in the meeting room, increase the amount of time spent on the practice field, and decrease the number of rushing yards put on our defense..
V. Data to be Collected: To measure the outcome of the research question, the following data will be collected and analyzed: Number of minutes spent in defensive meeting room, number of minutes spent on practice field, number of yards given up by defense during each game, number of yards given up by special teams each game.
VI. Measurement Instrument(s): The summer meeting time versus summer field practice times will be compared to see if there is a positive change. The rushing yards from past years will be compared to rushing yards from this year against same opponents to see if there is a statistical significance to those yards.
VII. Focus of Lit Review: The lit review will give an overview of the benefit college students and students in college athletic programs have had by shifting the responsibility of classroom review of new information to the students by flipping the classroom, as well as the positive impact technology is having on college athletics. The main focus of the lit review will focus on student ownership of new material and information. Because there is very little research on flipping the classroom in college athletics, this research will add to the field of literature.