Recruiting Participants for Large-Scale Random Assignment Experiments in School Settings

Autor/inn/en	Roschelle, Jeremy; Feng, Mingyu; Gallagher, H. Alix; Murphy, Robert; Harris, Christopher; Kamdar, Danae; Trinidad, Gucci
Institution	SRI Education
Titel	Recruiting Participants for Large-Scale Random Assignment Experiments in School Settings
Quelle	(2014), (37 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Research Methodology; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Educational Research; Elementary Secondary Education; Intervention; Public Schools; Elementary Schools; Secondary Schools; School District Size; School Districts; Standards; Recruitment; Participation; Sampling; Productivity; Alignment (Education); Incentives; Maine; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Research method; Forschungsmethode; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Sekundarschule; School district; School districts; Size; Schuleinzugsbereich; Schulbezirk; Standard; Recruiting; Rekrutierung; Teilnahme; Produktivität; Anreiz
Abstract	Recruitment is a key challenge for researchers conducting any large school-based study. Control is needed not only over the condition participants receive, but also over how the intervention is implemented, and may include restrictions in other areas of school and classroom functioning. We report here on our experiences in recruiting participants for random assignment experiments in public primary and secondary schools, often across midsize and large school districts. Our perspective is based on over twenty current and completed randomized controlled trials (RCT) in K-12 school settings conducted by SRI International, including studies of educational technology, literacy, mathematics, science, instructional materials, teacher professional development, and student behavioral supports, following What Works Clearinghouse standards for RCTs. A list of such studies appears in the Appendix, with an abstract for each study. Considering our experience across these studies, we reflect on how we approached the recruitment problem and what worked during our efforts. As we examined our own projects as case studies of how project leaders manage the problems, patterns of successful projects emerged. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/4/11