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¶ … junior high school athletes and their grade point averages. The writer addresses why the students only maintain C. averages during eligibility season and what the education field attributes this to. In addition the writer discusses the average GPA nationwide for junior high school athletes. There were four sources used to complete this paper.
Each year the competition to get into a good college becomes tougher. Students across the nation are vying for fewer and fewer spots and one of the ways they have found to gain entry is an athletic scholarship. While the schools are being overwhelmed with superior grade point averages and long resumes of activities, the athletic scholarship is still a bit elusive and requires long-term planning to aim for. Whether the student is planning for an athletic scholarship or simply enjoys playing sports the push to succeed begins in junior high school. Junior high school athletes often have as much pressure to succeed on the team as the high school students do. Junior highs across the nation have rules and regulations that...
Many school athletic programs have a rule that the student must maintain at least 75% of the GPA that he or she had during the previous grading period. This causes many students concern about putting their GPA high enough that it could be a struggle to maintain it during sports season (Middle School Athletics http://www.new-albany.k12.oh.us/middle/handbook/msathletics.html
ATHLETICS MS. Athletic Director: C. Anderson). This is causing many students to purposely lower their GPA to a "C" so that they will not risk being on the team by having their grades slip during practice and play season.
Eligibility for each grading period is determined by the grades that an athlete receives during the preceding grading period. Semester grade averages and yearly grade averages…
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PLAYER ELIGIBILITY TAKEN SERIOUSLY IN SCHOOL SPORTS.(PEOPLE & PLACES)
Middle School Athletics http://www.new-albany.k12.oh.us/middle/handbook/msathletics.html
ATHLETICS MS. Athletic Director: C. Anderson
MS Athletic Department
http://www.nationalforum.com/WHITLYaer10e3.html
Professional Student Athletes The Raw Numbers Eligibility Advantages of Sport Research Questions or Research Hypotheses Selection of Subjects Assumptions or Limitations Data Processing and Analysis SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS Questions related to academic priority Questions related to role models Questions related to advantages Implications for Practice Questions related to support and pressure Implications for Practice Implications for Research and Resultant Recommendations High school sports are for some students a fond memory, for other students the golden ticket to the land of opportunity. For most students, it
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Objectives During the proposed study's process, the researcher plans to fulfill the following objectives. Objective 1: Address each of the proposed study's research questions during literature review: Examine the effect athletic participation has on student GPAs; Identify the effect athletic participation has on student DC CAS math scores; Determine the effect athletic participation has on student DC CAS English Reading scores; Explore the effect music participation has on student GPAs; Investigate the effect music participation has on
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