ERIC Number: EJ1268667
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 12
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Examining Design and Statistical Power for Planning Cluster Randomized Trials Aimed at Improving Student Science Achievement and Science Teacher Outcomes
Qi Zhang; Jessaca Spybrook; Fatih Unlu
AERA Open, v6 n3 Jul-Sep 2020
With the increasing demand for evidence-based research on teacher effectiveness and improving student achievement, more impact studies are being conducted to examine the effectiveness of professional development (PD) interventions. Cluster randomized trials (CRTs) are often carried out to assess PD interventions that aim to improve both teacher and student outcomes. Due to the different design parameters (i.e., intraclass correlation and R[superscript 2]) and benchmark effect sizes associated with the student and teacher outcomes, two power analyses are necessary for planning CRTs that aim to detect both teacher and student effects in one study. These two power analyses are often conducted separately without considering how design choices to power the study to detect student effects may affect design choices to power the study to detect teacher effects and vice versa. In this study, we consider strategies to maximize the efficiency of the study design when both student and teacher effects are of primary interest.
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Research Design, Statistical Analysis, Science Achievement, Faculty Development, Teacher Effectiveness, Science Teachers, Educational Research, Outcome Measures, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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Identifiers - Location: Michigan; Wisconsin; Texas
IES Funded: Yes
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