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FEA Conference - Research to Reality Competition

Overview

In this group competition, chapters will form a group of 4-6 members and develop a PowerPoint presentation to provide information which highlights how clubs, sports and other extracurricular programs impact student learning and development.
Topic: How do clubs, sports and other extracurricular programs impact student learning and development?

Guidelines

Groups should be comprised of 4-6 students (and students who are participating in the individual competitions cannot participate in this group competition).
Each school may submit one presentation, and the presentations must be created by the students.
Collaborate as a chapter to research the effects of teacher and student attendance on impacting student learning gains.
Use the information collected in the research to create a persuasive PowerPoint presentation.
The PowerPoint presentation should deliver the chapter’s research findings.
Length: 5-25 slides; points will be deducted for PowerPoint presentations that do not meet the length requirement.
Include a title slide with the title of your project and school name.
Include a credits slide with the student creators, sponsoring teacher(s), and the source of any non-original, multimedia elements (images and sounds).
Include cited references and a work cited slide (MLA, APA or Chicago style are acceptable).
UNF judges will score the presentation using the rubric below.

UNF Education Research Competition Rubric

Scoring Information
Points Available	Accomplished - 4 points	Commendable - 3 points	Developing - 2 points	Needs Improvement - 1 point
Content	The content of the slides reflects professional-caliber thoroughness. The images and text are expertly leveraged to share research and recommendations.	The content of the slides reflects student-level quality. The images and text show a commitment to sharing facts and recommendations.	The content of the slides reflects compliance. The images and text are used at a basic level, which is not effective for sharing facts and recommendations.	The content of the slides reflects an inconsistent focus. The images and text distract the audience from the facts and recommendations.
Insight	The presentation reflects in-depth understanding and striking insight into all elements of the issue. The depth of research is apparent throughout the presentation.	The presentation offers useful ideas that warrant further exploration. The presentation explores many but not all elements of the issue.	The presentation offers basic ideas that would have benefited from much further research. The presentation does not explore many elements of the issue.	The presentation offers ideas that are flawed or partially developed. The presentation is incomplete.
Research	The presentation makes informed, evidence-based recommendations by referencing at least three well-chosen sources of information.	The presentation makes informed, evidence-based recommendations by referencing two well chosen sources of information.	The presentation makes recommendations by referencing one source of information.	The paper makes limited or no connections to relevant research.
Impact	The presentation’s professional-caliber and highly persuasive exploration of the issue and explanation of recommendations delivers maximum impact and understanding.	The presentation’s student-level quality and the explanation of the issue and recommendations results in understanding.	The presentation demonstrates effort. The issues and recommendations are not fully developed and distract from the overall understanding.	The presentation demonstrates inconsistent effort. The issues and recommendations are poorly developed resulting in a lack of understanding

Is the PowerPoint presentation between 5-25 slides? YES or NO (If no, subtract 2 points from total score.)