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e-Learning Pilot Study
If you teach students in grade 4, 5, 6, 7,8 or 9, you are invited to
participate in a special pilot study for a federally funded research
project, the e-Learning for Educators Initiative. This initiative aims
to provide effective online professional development that will improve
teacher content knowledge and teaching practices, and will ultimately
lead to increases in student achievement.
The Technology and Assessment Study Collaborative (inTASC) at Boston
College is conducting a pilot study to examine the characteristics of
test items that will be used in the large-scale research project and
you may be eligible to participate in this pilot study.
***ELIGIBILITY***
In order to be eligible you must:
*Be a teacher in grades 4- 9
*NOT be a teacher in the following list of states. (The larger research
study will occur in these states and thus these teachers cannot
participate in the pilot study).
Alabama
Delaware
Kentucky
Mississippi
Missouri
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
West Virginia
*Be able to administer an online test to a class of students.
***COMPENSATION***
All teachers who participate will receive instant feedback about
student performance. You can use this feedback to assess your students
and inform future instruction.
In addition to the feedback about your students' performance, the
first 140 teachers to complete the requirements (10 in each sub-content
area) will receive $100 for each sub-content area. Completing the
requirements means taking the teacher survey and administering two
online tests to your students.
***REQUIREMENTS***
You can participate in multiple sub-content areas (listed below).
Participation requirements are:
*You will take one online survey, estimated to take 30-45 minutes to
complete.
*You will administer two online tests to a class of at least 15
students. Each test takes one full class period; the total amount of
participation time needed from your students is two class periods.
These requirements are for EACH sub-content area chosen. The
sub-content areas are:
4th and 5th Grade ELA sub-content areas:
Vocabulary
Reading Comprehension: Narrative
Reading Comprehension: Expository
Writing
5th and 6th Grade Math sub-content areas:
Fractions
Algebraic Thinking
Measurement
7th and 8th Grade ELA sub-content areas:
Vocabulary
Reading Comprehension: Narrative
Reading Comprehension: Expository
Writing
8th and 9th Grade Math sub-content areas:
Proportional Reasoning
Functions
Geometric Measurement
For more information about the study and to sign up, please visit
or contact the researchers at efe....@bc.edu
The study will begin on or about October 23. Please register now and we
will keep you informed on the exact start date. We hope you will
participate in this important study!