Olivia Bloom

Professor Debra Jizi

UWRT 1102
16 March 2016
Research Proposal

1) My inquiry question for my topic is something I have thought about for a while and
wanted to test out on my own but never had the chance. How does exercise affect the
grades of college students?
2) My primary purpose for this research is to explore the effects of exercise and the
brain.
3) I know from exploring my topic that exercise does release certain stimulants in the
brain, so I wonder how they affect the grades college students receive. There are
many factors that play into getting good grades in college and I want to know if
exercise is one that could help. Im not doing great in college right now so I wonder if
I started exercising during the week I would see an improvement in my studying
skills or in memorization. I want to know if it really helps our brains out and if so,
how it helps. Before I started my working knowledge, I knew a little bit about how
exercise would stimulate the brain in some ways, but I wasnt really sure how it did or
what it did. When I was in high school I did competitive cheerleading, so I was
exercising every day and I did really well in high school. When I came to college I
didnt really do any exercising and my grades started to slip. I studied all the time but
it wasnt helping. I didnt know if maybe exercising would help me focus more or
not, so with this project Im going to not only research it but Im going to actually try
it out myself.