Student Identification with School: An Online Research Project
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If you teach students in grades 4 through 12, you are invited to participate in the Student Identification with School Project (SISP) for a chance to win one of FOUR GREAT PRIZES (see below for details).

Doctoral candidate, Kevon Tucker-Seeley, Lynch School of Education at Boston College, is conducting a study to measure and understand differences in student performance on the “Student Identification with School” Survey.

This minimal risk research study will require very little effort on the part of the teacher. Your participation simply involves administering a completely anonymous, quick and easy online survey to your students in May or June of 2008. The total amount of class time needed from your students is less than 15 minutes. Your participation (and your students’ participation) in this study is strictly voluntary. Students DO NOT have to participate if they do not wish to do so and may withdraw at any time from taking the survey.  

If you would like to participate (or would like more information), all you have to do is send an email to Kevon Tucker-Seeley at seeleyke@bc.edu. Registration involves answering four simple questions in your email:

1. What grade(s) do you currently teach?
2. How many students do you teach?
3. Do your students have access to computers with Internet capability at your school?
4. Can you ensure that your students will take the online survey before June 30th, 2008?

Once you have successfully registered to participate in the study, you will be sent the link to the online survey and will then be able to administer the survey any day/time you wish before Monday, June 30th, 2008.

***** PRIZE DRAWING *****

All teachers who sign up and participate in the study will be entered in a drawing* to have a chance to win one of FOUR great prizes! 

* GRAND PRIZE: A NEW 8GB Apple iPod nano (or $180 Amazon.com Gift Certificate)  
o First Prize: A NEW 4GB iPod nano (or $150 Amazon.com Gift Certificate)  
o Second Prize: A NEW 1GB iPod Shuffle (or $50 Amazon.com Gift Certificate)  
o Third Prize: A $25 Amazon.com Gift Certificate

*On June 30th, FOUR lucky winners will be randomly selected to receive one of the four prizes.  To be eligible for the iPod/gift certificate give-away you must be a 4th-12th grade teacher and your students must take the online survey before June 30th, 2008.

I hope you will participate in this important research study! Thank you!

Sincerely,

Kevon Tucker-Seeley, M.A.Ed., Ph.D. Candidate
Lynch School of Education, Boston College