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Dylan Hazelwood

English IV

March 24, 2017

Ms. Mantlo

Annotated Bibliography

Essential question: Does being an athlete affect your grades?

Working thesis: Being an athlete does not affect your grades.

Refined thesis: Being an athlete does not affect your grades as long as you manage your time.

Bakoban, R. A. and S. A. Aljarallah. "Extracurricular Activities and Their Effect on the Student's

Grade Point Average: Statistical Study." Educational Research and Reviews, vol. 10, no.

20, 23 Oct. 2015, pp. 2737-2744. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?

direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ1080292&site=eds-live&authtype=uid.

The first article I chose talks about how at King Abdulaziz University they started a study

on whether students participation in extracurricular activities would affect their GPA or not.

What they found was that the students GPA who played sports was actually higher than the

students who did not. The study also found that the practice for these sports had no effect on the

student's study time either. The study made it pretty clear that being involved was better than just

attending the school for the education. It also talked briefly on the fact that since sports made the

athletes better students that the faculty was much more happy and acceptable to more extra

curricular activity. I plan to use this resource to show that when it comes to GPA the students

that participate in extracurricular activities actual have better grades than the students who did

not engage in sports.

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Apaak, Daniel and Emmanuel Osei Sarpong. "Internal Challenges Affecting Academic

Performance of Student-Athletes in Ghanaian Public Universities." Journal of Education

and Practice, vol. 6, no. 14, 01 Jan. 2015, pp. 18-23. EBSCOhost,

search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ1080130&site=eds-live&

authtype=uid.

In this article it talks about how at Ghanaian public universities examined internal

challenges that could affect athletic and academic performance among student-athletes. What

they discovered was time constraints among physical or emotional strain seemed to affect the

athlete's academic performance. After discussing how certain types of stress can affect GPA

levels they proposed that universities should begin scheduling practices and events at times that

fit the student's academic needs. As well as the student-athletes should be taught how to manage

time, and the coaches should be monitored to make sure that the athletes are never over worked

mentally or physically during practices. I plan to use this article to show the opposition of my

argument and to refute some of the things stated throughout the article.

Georgakis, Steve, et al. "The Academic Achievement of Elite Athletes at Australian Schools."

Journal of Education and Training Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 01 Jan. 2015, pp. 84-97.

EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?

direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ1054901&site=eds-live&authtype=uid.

In the final article I plan to use it deliberates about how in Australia an experiment was

held to show the relationship between athletes and their grades vs normal students and their

grades. What they found was outstanding. The results displayed that student-athletes performed
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at or better than most normal students, but in the case of classes such as personal development,

health, and physical education their grades were way more superior. What they found suggested

that despite athletes having an abundance of sporting commitments and necessarily training

regimens, the student-athletes performed at levels just at, or better than, the other students. I plan

to use this to support my claim that being an athlete actually amplifies the importance of your

academics and forces you to do better in school.