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| Evaluation Results |
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| Marquetta Anderson teaching kindergartners how to choose healthy snacks. |
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| The students surprised Kiyana Kelly with homemade thank you cards at the end of the school year. |
Baton Rouge, LA – The
Southern University Ag Center’s Families First-Nutrition Education and Wellness
System (FF-NEWS) has concluded it Fall 2015-2016 Nutrition Education Curriculum
for schools and communities across the state.
Nutrition Educators
Marquetta Anderson and Kiyana Kelly, along with Extension Associate Ellen
McKnight, conducted a pilot nutrition education evaluation series at The Baton
Rouge Bridge Academy. The academy is a new charter school in East Baton Rouge
Parish with a student body of 100 kindergartners.
All evaluations were administered
using Turning Point Technologies software (TPT). Students used TPT clickers
that electronically captured and interpreted all data. The pre–evaluations were administered in the
early part of December 2015. Over a six month period, Ms. Kelly covered
nutrition topics such as Exploring MyPlate, Water is Wonderful, Fun with Fruits
and Veggies, Snacking Healthy, Handwashing, and Physical Activity. Students
received and prepared food samples that coincided with nutrition topics such as
fruit pizza, sparkling water, trail mix and yogurt.
Bridge Academy teacher, Courtney
Peterson stated, “As a results of Ms. Kelly’s classes, my students were able to
accurately identify foods from each food group when we were reviewing a unit on
nutrition.”
Post-evaluations were then
administered in the later part of May 2016. The data collected indicated that
students scored an average of 59% on the pre-evaluation and 79% on the
post-evaluation. As a result of the nutrition education series, nutrition
knowledge increased by 20% among 100 kindergartners in a six month period.
The students enjoyed using the TPT
clickers and were engaged in the nutrition lessons and demonstrations. At the
culmination of the nutrition education series, the students surprised Ms. Kelly,
and presented her with handmade fruit and vegetable thank you cards.
For information on the Southern
University Ag Center’s Families First-Nutrition Education and Wellness System
and other nutrition programs, visit http://www.suagcenter.com/nutrition
or contact the SU Ag Center at 225.771.2242.
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Article
written by Ellen C. McKnight, SU Ag Center Extension Associate-Nutrition
Evaluation & Publication.
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