Handbook

Senior Individualized Project

2016-2017

Kalamazoo College

Department of Physical Education

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. Introduction4
  2. The Senior Individualized Project4
  3. SIP Options in Physical Education4
  4. PE SIP Symposium4
  5. REQUIREMENTS FOR DECLARED MAJOR5
  6. INSTITUIONAL REVIEW BOARD5
  7. SIP REGISTRATION5

4.1 Department5

4.2 College5

  1. IMPORTANT SIP DEADLINES6

5.1 List of Important Deadlines6

  1. DESCRIPTION OF SIP CONTENTS7

6.1 Styling7

6.2 Title Page7

6.3 Formatting7

6.4 Pagination8

6.5 Page Count8

  1. SIP GRADE8
  2. PHYSICAL EDUCATION SIP RUBRIC9
  3. REFERENCE AND QUOTATIONS11
  4. BIBLIOGRAPHY12

10.1 American Psychological Association (APA) Manual of Style12

10.2 Other Important Information (APA)12

  1. A PROTOTYPE SIP TITLE PAGE13
  2. GUIDELINES FOR POSTER PRESENTATION15

12.1 Poster Presentation Template16

A GUIDE OT SENIOR INDIVIDUALIZED PROJECT (SIP):

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION

The SIP is not an ordinary report or term paper; rather, it is intended to be a significant piece of work, reflecting meaningful experiences and analytical research.

  1. INTRODUCTION

This handbook will outline the SIP requirements offered in the Department of Physical Education. Whichever type of SIP you decide to pursue, it will entail a major project and you are expected to spend a significant amount of time working on it.

Given the necessary time commitment, please think carefully about your choice of topic. The purpose of the SIP is to provide you with an opportunity to explore in depth a topic of interest and importance to you. The SIP is not an ordinary report or term paper; rather, it is intended to be a significant piece of work, reflecting meaningful experiences and analytical research. The SIP is also an opportunity to further your writing and communication skills.

1.1The Senior Individualized Project

Completing a Senior Individualized Project (SIP) is a degree requirement at Kalamazoo College. The College and the Department of Physical Education consider this independent work a significant part of the education of all students from a variety of majors. The SIP should be the capstone of your academic achievement while also providing a transition from your senior year to life after college. The SIP is best conceived in a way that will help you prepare for your next stage in life.

1.2SIP Options in Physical Education

A SIP in the Physical Education Department may be supervised by any member of the department, approved by the chair, and graded using the following criteria. The student is responsible for creating the idea and for proposing it to the faculty member of his or her choice, being aware that the faculty member may or may not support it. Because of the nature of Physical Education and Athletics, a SIP may take on several forms, some of which are, but not limited to, the following:

  • Performance (dance, choreography, or other forms of physical entertainment)
  • Research (disease, rehabilitation, coaching, motivation, sport skills)
  • Internship (with approved PE or sport themed mentor or mentors for a specific purpose, followed by a written report of findings)
  • Project (Service, wellness initiatives, a passion for the student followed by a written report of the project so that another could replicate it)
  • Narrative (Student personal experience of health, exploration of health, exploration, or other experience in sport)
  • Career Related (could be an internship, research, service, or performance, but very closely related to a students’ future career plans)

1.3Physical Education SIP Symposium

The PE SIP Symposium is a requirement of all Senior’s completing a PE SIP. The PE SIP Symposium will be held on the first Monday in May each year. It is an opportunity for students to give a brief overview of their project. Students will have the option to give an oral presentation or present a poster based on their project (see pg.16-17 as a guideline for a poster presentation). If a student is required in another department to present a poster or give an oral presentation, he/she may choose to present in the same manner for the PE SIP Symposium. All details of the presentation will be discussed further with the advisor.

2.REQUIREMENTS FOR DECLARED MAJOR

Every student at Kalamazoo College must complete a SIP to graduate from the College. However, the SIP does not need to be in the department of your major. That is, as a chemistry or business major, you can pursue a SIP in another Department.

3.INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD

It is the policy of Kalamazoo College that any research involving human subjects (including surveys and interviews) must be approved by the institutional Review Board (IRB). If a student is planning a research project involving human subjects he/she is responsible for initiating the review process by submitting a research proposal to an IRB member. All students must seek IRB approval on their own. If they do not have a class in research methods and IRB standard, they need to participate in the online ethics course prior seeking IRB approval. Please consult the following website for more information http://campus.kzoo.edu/irb/

4. SIP REGISTRATION

As with all SIPs, students may not overload during the SIP term, and must sign up for it during Summer, Fall, or Winter. No Spring SIPs will be approved without permission of the registrar.

4.1Department:

To write a Senior Individualized Project in the Department of Physical Education, you have to register appropriately. Registering for a SIP is different from registering for regular classes. You need to follow both the College guidelines (see http://www.kzoo.edu/academia/sip/#Policies) and any Departmental requirements for your major.

Link to SIP Registration Form: https://reason.kzoo.edu/registrar/Student_Forms/Acad_policies_sip/

4.2 College

You also need to register for SIP credit with the Registrar’s Office. All SIP registration forms are due to the Registrar’s Office by 5pm, Friday tenth week spring quarter (Junior Year). Make sure you register correctly as they will count toward your course load. A SIP in the PE Department is eligible for one unit only. Importantly, you may not overload during you SIP quarter(s). Hence, if you register for SIP credit for fall quarter, you can only take two additional courses during that quarter.

Note: You must ensure any and all requirements are done for your department major and register for the SIP through the Registrar’s Office. If you fail to complete either of these two tasks, you will not be registered for a SIP (and the completion of a SIP is required for graduation).

5.IMPORTANT SIP DEADLINES

5.1List of Important Deadlines

  1. All Rising Seniors must complete the College SIP registration form and submit to the Registrar Office by Friday 10th week, Spring quarter Junior Year.
  2. Please see below for all final SIP due dates. Each advisor may establish his/her own due dates with the student dependent on the nature of the SIP. It is the responsibility of the student to meet all deadlines set forth by the SIP Advisor in completion of the final SIP Project.

Highly suggested to speak to an advisor in the first half of the term prior to doing the SIP.

Individual SIP supervisors may petition the Department to extend the due date until no later than Friday 2nd week of the term following the last SIP quarter Such an extension is not automatic and follows student-supervisor discussions and approval by the entire Department.

In all cases, the final copy (i.e., no more revisions) is due to the SIP supervisor at the due date.

Important: Missing a deadline or evidence of unsatisfactory performance on what is expected to be accomplished in any one of the above deadlines could result in the termination of the SIP agreement. This may result in a student to not have successful completion of graduation requirements and/or the student may have to complete a SIP in another department.

6. DESCRIPTION OF SIP CONTENTS

6.1 Styling

The SIP paper contains three main parts: preliminaries, text, and references material.

Preliminaries

  • Title page, followed by a blank sheet of paper
  • Preface, including acknowledgements
  • Abstract
  • Table of Contents

Text

  • Introduction (may contain a brief experiential description and thesis statement/research question)
  • Research based Analysis
  • Conclusion

References

  • References
  • Appendices

6.2Title Page

The title page must contain the following:

  • Complete title of the Senior Individualized Project
  • Author’s Name
  • The SIP title and author’s name should be visible through “the window”
  • Name and Department of SIP supervisor
  • The legend “A paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of the Bachelor of Arts at Kalamazoo College”
  • Year
  • See page 11 for the template that you should use for your title page

6.3 Formatting

The SIP paper will be formatted as follows:

  • Length of paper will be 25-40 pages (dependent upon the nature of the project, the length of the paper may vary). This will be dependent on discussions between the student and the supervisor.
  • 12pt. Times New Roman font
  • All margins must be 1 inch wide
  • Text must be double space, except for long quotations which must be single spaced
  • All citations must be in APA citation

6.4 Pagination

  • Each page following the title page, must be assigned a Running Head and page number according to the following:
  • Preliminaries used small Roman numerals, centered one-half inch below the top of the page
  • Title Page counts as the first page, but no number appears on it
  • Hence, the first number appear in the paper will be “ii” and appears on the page after the blank page
  • The remainder of the appear, including references and appendices, use Arabic numerals, centered on-half inch below the top of the page
  • Number each page on which material appears and begin with “1” and run consecutively to the end of the paper

Please refer to pages 12-13 for information on how to properly include references and quotations in your SIP report.

6.5 Page Count

All SIPs, including the one-credit experiential-based research SIP, is partially assessed based on the number of pages generated. Naturally the goal of this requirement is not to encourage the student to include inappropriate material or unnecessary points, or to use excessively complex or flowery language and sentence structure, rather the objective is to ensure a careful and thorough examination of your chosen topic.

Charts, graphs, or tables should be incorporated within the body of the SIP if, and only if, they are deemed relevant to explain or illustrate concepts, theories, or hypotheses that are used in the paper. It is important these graphs, tables and charts are placed strategically, generally in the immediate vicinity of the ideas, theories or hypothesis that they are expected to illustrate. All other graphs, charts and tables should be relegated to the appendices. Graphs, tables, and charts should not be used for the sole purpose of inflating the page number of the SIP.

7.SIP GRADE

Based on the rubric provided below, your SIP will be assigned a grade as follows:

CREDITStudent receives a score of 14 or more for the total project.

NO CREDITStudent receives a score of 13 or less for the total project.

Score
Level 4 Superior / The entire SIP process and product is well organized. Chapters are exceptionally supported, and help the reader understand the student’s revolving awareness and process of learning. Reflective and insightful intro/conclusion that analyzes SIP in terms of capstone experience. / A plethora of sources from various types, correctly cited and used throughout the SIP / A unique SIP in many different ways, as compared to all SIPs, we’ve read at Kalamazoo College, and passion for the subject is obvious.
Level 3 Strong / Strong Intro and Conclusion. All of the chapters are adequately supported through research and resources and properly cited. / Student uses many sources, especially the most current scholarship and mixes and uses all of the sources in an integrated fashion. / The student’s body of work is innovative and unique.
Level 2 Adequate / Short, but not especially thoughtful intros/conclusions; chapters are divided in a logical manner. Student met every step in a timely manner. / The minimum – a short, perfunctory bibliography, uses info from personal experience, but does not go beyond the “Google level”. Often relies heavily on just a few sources. Reports “what I did” on just an internship rather than expanding on a larger theme. / The work is effective and original within its own context.
Level 1
Poor / Very little. Chapter divisions don’t make sense, no intro or conclusion. The process of the SIP even before the writing is poorly conceived or rushed. Poor outline, non-existent bibliography. / Very little. Student relies on own opinion and “personal take” rather than any sort of research. / Minimal amount.
Level 0 Unacceptable / Poor, or no outline,
Poor or no bibliography, does not make sense, missing required components or other / None, or almost none / Very little to none: “here’s what I did on my internship”
Category / ORGANIZATON / RESEARCH / CREATIVITY & ORIGINALITY
Score
Level 4 Superior / This student maintained and could articulate a clear vision of next steps and final body of work throughout the process. / Student creates his or her own timeline and sticks to it or exceeds it with early work or “extra not-required” / The student took initiative throughout the process to create a positive outcome. As far as the SIP adviser is concerned, the SIP “runs itself”. SIP meetings may consist of the student reporting a new direction since the last meeting.
Level 3 Strong / I SIP meetings, the student listens and communicates well with SIP advisor and others involved in the SIP. / Every single deadline Is met. / The student is the author of the SIP with limited guidance.
Level 2 Adequate / The student communicates well enough to accomplish the project. Student may not always be able to articulate to the SIP advisor where she is on the project. / Student will make most deadlines, but may miss a few (especially early on with bibliography or outline). / The student meets the minimum requirements of the steps in the SIP process, which were set by communicating with SIP Advisor, with at least one instance of forging on her/his own inspired work.
Level 1
Poor / The student communicated poorly with his or her SIP advisor as well as others on the project. / All or many deadlines missed, with student contacting advisor last minute asking for extensions or making excuses. / The student barely meets the minimum requirements of the steps in the SIP process, which are always set by the SIP Advisor.
Level 0 Unacceptable / Failure to communicate in one or more areas. Did not take initiative in communication. / None. Every deadline was missed. / SIP advisor prompts or drags the student through the entire process.
Category / COMMUNICATION / TIMELINESS / MOTIVATION, ABILITY TO INDEPENDENTLY WORK

9. REFERENCING AND QUOTATIONS

  • When referencing an author in the body of your SIP, you should give the author’s last name, followed by the year of publication

In a recent study, Moore (1996) claims that the money supply process under the gold standard behaved pretty much like neoclassical theory predicts: the quantity of money in the circulation was dictated by the stock of gold at any point in time.

  • If you reproduce a table or a diagram, or simply extract some data from a table or a diagram, you must acknowledge the source. It is best to place this information directly below the table or diagram
  • If your quote is short (less than four lines), leave the quote as part of your sentence and text in quotation marks.

According to Greenwald and Stiglitz (1993, p.31) “The interest rate charged is that which maximizes the expected return to lenders and at that interest rate, there is an excess demand for credit.”

  • If your quote is longer than four lines, it is best to take it out of the paragraph and let it stand alone with no quotation marks. The long quote is single-spaced and in a smaller font (for instance Times New Roman 10 pts).

Moreover, Stiglitz and Weiss (1991) argue that,

Both the demand for loans and the supply of funds are functions of the interest rate… Clearly, it is conceivable that at r* the demand for funds exceeds the supply of funds. … Traditional analysis would argue that, in the presences of an excess demand for loans, unsatisfied borrowers would offer to pay a higher interest rate to the bank, budding up the interest rate until demand equals supply. But although supply does not equal demand at r*, it is the equilibrium interest rate! … There are no competitive forces leading supply to equal demand, and credit is rationed.

** You should be cautious on using quotes in a research paper. Use quotes sparingly and only to fully develop a point.

10. BIBLIOGRAPHY

When preparing your bibliography, you should be aware that there are two distinct formatting options. You should use the guidelines provided in the American Psychologist Association (APA) style.

A useful reference for formatting bibliography and text is found as www.owl.edu

10.1 AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY ASSOOCIATION (APA) MANUAL of STYLE (6th Edition)

Bass, B. (1990). Handbook of leadership. Theory, research, and managerial applications (3rd ed.). New York, NY: The Free Press

Bennis, W. (1989). Why leaders can’t lead: The unconscious conspiracy continues. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass

Cryer, B., McCarty, R., & Children, D. (2003). Pull the plug on stress. Harvard Business Review, 81(7), 102-107. Retrieved from

10.2 Other Important Information (APA):

(1) Use 12 pt. Font

(2) Be sure to alphabetize your listings (as compared to Chicago style the uses numbers)

(3) Be sure to use hanging indents in the reference section only, as show above)

(4) Double space

(5) Be sure to include single spaces between elements

(6) Include author’s last names and first initials only—to preserve gender bias

(7) Include commas after the author initial in multiple listings: Smith, A., Douglas, B., & Cook, C.

(8) Be sure to include the ‘&’ symbol for your references list; while the word ‘and’ is used for your in-paper citations: According to Smith Douglas (2010), … as a citation; OR (Smith & Douglas, 2010).