• What hypothesis did you come up with for your research (survey) assignment?  What are your findings?  

The hypothesis we came up with for our research assignment is that students who eat breakfast tend to perform better and have better energy/focus levels than students who don’t.

Our findings were that students who did eat breakfast, had a better GPA and higher focus/energy levels throughout the school day, last semester. The grade average difference between students who have breakfast every day and those who do not have breakfast was 5.5%.

• What core competencies did you demonstrate with this assignment?

The core competencies I demonstrated with this assignment are communication, personal and social, and thinking. I demonstrated communication by working with my partners to achieve a goal. I also did my share in the group and took on roles and responsibilities in the group. I did this by doing my share of writing the procedure and the conclusion in our research assignment.

I demonstrated the personal and social competency by advocating for myself and completing my share of work on the research assignment. I also could identify my strengths and know my role in group work.

I demonstrated the thinking competency by persevering over time to develop my ideas, while expecting setbacks/failure, but I use that to develop my ideas. I did this by completing a draft of the conclusion, then went back to read over our research and make changes/improvements to the conclusion.