1. Student-Led Presentations Motivate Students to Achieve Higher Afrodita Fuentes Belmont High School Los Angeles, California

2. Data Collection Tools Motivation & Achievement Pre-survey & Post-survey Pre-survey & Post-survey Rating Scale Rating Scale Student-Led Presentations Scores Student-Led Presentations Scores Final Grade/percentage Final Grade/percentage Teacher Notes Teacher Notes

4. Student-Led Presentations rating scale towards end Motivate for better Grade Motivate for better Grade  44% agree, 38% not sure Help understand biology Help understand biology  47% agreed, 38% not sure Recommended by students Recommended by students  60% agree, 29% not sure Less than 13% disagree in all three

6. Value of student-led presentations rating scale towards end Controversy: Most students said they valued the presenters, but very few presenters felt valued by the audience Controversy: Most students said they valued the presenters, but very few presenters felt valued by the audience Of the presenters, 42% gave not opinion & 36% disagreed on feeling valued. Of the presenters, 42% gave not opinion & 36% disagreed on feeling valued. 58% of the students felt valued by the teacher when they presented, 33% gave no opinion, & 7% did not feel valued 58% of the students felt valued by the teacher when they presented, 33% gave no opinion, & 7% did not feel valued

7. The percentage of students who considered themselves good presenters Sometimes - increased from 15% to 40% Sometimes - increased from 15% to 40% Never – decreased from 28% to 17% Never – decreased from 28% to 17%

8. Students improved presentations scores by 7.2%

9. Honors vs. Regular

10. Like vs. Dislike presentations Help learn and understand the material Help learn and understand the material Learn from each other Learn from each other Share what we learn Share what we learn Too nervous, shy, can’t speak Too nervous, shy, can’t speak People not t being ready People not t being ready Boring Boring

11. LEARN more vs. LEARN less Interests me Interests me Listen to others discuss & share ideas Listen to others discuss & share ideas Teacher explains Teacher explains People distract me People distract me I don’t pay attention I don’t pay attention