Week 3 Reflection - Action Research

While working on the week 3 assignment, I started to wonder if I should include data on behavior and grades as well. Participation and involvement in extra-curricular activities affects attendance, and regular attendance has a positive affect on grades. Participation in extra-curricular activities discourages students from making poor choices in regards to behavior, but that has nothing to do with attendance, so I quickly tossed that idea. I feel, though, that if I include data on grades it will connect more with the teachers to get their support in encouraging participation in activities. I'm interested to see the push-back I will get, and the reasons why. I know that some teachers see participation in activities as a complete waste of time and a distraction. Thus, I will pull data on grades for the selected sample population. I do find myself wondering if I am making this harder on myself than I should be. I need to stay focused on a manageable source of data to keep this from snowballing into an unmanageable task.