ERIC Number: ED653944
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
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School Recruitment Resource Packet. Extending the CS Pipeline: Enhancing Rigor and Relevance in Middle School CS
Grantee Submission
Recruiting schools to participate in research projects has become increasingly challenging in the past several years. Research in schools was next-to-impossible during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the aftermath of the pandemic has made research a lower priority for schools trying to regain COVID-related academic losses. The School Recruitment Resource Packet is intended to support researchers' recruitment efforts by sharing details about our outreach process and the materials that we used to communicate with schools. Our approach followed generally accepted principles of research recruitment, such as personalized messages, emphasizing the potential positive impacts of the project, and highlighting incentives being offered to participants. Our hope is that by sharing concrete examples of our materials and describing the rationales behind our decisions, other researchers will be better able to address the challenges of school recruitment. [This report was created by the Center for Effective School Practices at Rutgers University.]
Descriptors: Research Projects, COVID-19, Pandemics, Guides, Researchers, Outreach Programs, Incentives, Middle School Students, Computer Science Education, Capacity Building, Educational Quality, Inclusion, College School Cooperation, Technical Assistance, Teamwork, School Involvement, Middle Schools, Recruitment, Institutional Characteristics, Decision Making, Meetings
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education (ED)
Authoring Institution: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Identifiers - Location: New Jersey
Grant or Contract Numbers: S411C200084