After reading Chapter 3 in the Lune and Berg (2017) textbook, you are now ready to engage in the "Trying It Out" case analysis in a 2-3 page essay.
Here is the scenario:
You have been asked to sit on an institutional review board to consider a doctoral student's planned dissertation project.
The summary for this research follows: My proposed research will involve an observational study of children's classroom behavior, and the effect of praise on student performance. I propose to use sixth grade students in a local public school. I plan to enter the setting as a student teacher (the teacher of record will be told what my real purpose is).
I will then divide the class into two separate groups. One group of children I will frequently compliment and praise for being smart, clever, intelligent, and good students.
The other group I will largely ignore, or when pressed, comment that they are doing an adequate job. I will collect field notes on how members of each group tend to interact with each other and their teacher.
I will additionally collect discrete data (their various exam and essay scores for the class) to see if my use of positive labels affects their class performance.
After reading the foregoing summary of the proposal, in a 2-3 page essay (suggested length), answer the following questions:
What are some of the important ethical concerns to consider regarding this proposed research project?
If you were the researcher, what might you do to respond to the comments made in question 1?
What safeguards should the researcher take to protect the participants in this particular study?
Be sure to properly cite the textbook and also incorporate information from the APA Code of Ethics Standard 8 related to research ethics.