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Informed consent information can be provided in any written format as long as all required elements of informed consent are included and it is written in a way that the intended audience will understand.\nWhen an educator is conducting research in a P-12 classroom setting and their students are the subjects, one appropriate format for informed consent is a letter to parents/guardians. The letter should be directed to the parents/guardians and the language and phrasing should be understandable to the reader.\nWhen children are the subjects of a study use “your child” when referring to potential participants.\nAvoid the use of acronyms or terminology used primarily by trained educators.\nThis document provides suggested guidelines for phrasing and letter format. All required information for informed consent is included and sorted to create a five-paragraph letter. As experienced educators who have rapport with students and their families, you may wish to modify phrasing and format. This is acceptable as long as all required elements of informed consent remain present. The parent letter must also be adapted as conditions for research vary. For more information, please review the \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.eiu.edu/grants/files_irb/Informed%20Consent%20Checklist.doc\" \u0014Informed Consent Checklist\u0015 at the \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.eiu.edu/grants/COMP_IRB_Forms.php\" \u0014IRB Forms Website\u0015.\nAll required elements of informed consent must be present in the letter.\nParagraph One – Introductory Information and Purpose of the Study:\nA statement that you are conducting a project in the classroom as part of the requirements of a graduate degree must be included in the parent letter. The University name and your department of study must also be included.\nExample phrasing:\nDear Parents or Guardians,\nAs part of my graduate work in Curriculum and Instruction at Eastern Illinois University, I am conducting an Action Research project in my classroom this semester. This research project is a requirement to fulfill my master’s degree coursework.\nParagraph Two – Study Description and Potential Benefits:\nBriefly state what the study is designed to assess or examine. Describe the procedures chronologically using simple language and short sentences. Use language appropriate to the population. Avoid discipline-specific terms, but if you must use them, those terms must be defined.\nSpecify the total length of time for participation in the study. When applicable, specify the length of time for participation for each study activity, the frequency of activities, and the location of the activities.\nDescribe benefits to subjects expected from the research (If the subject will not benefit directly from participation, clearly state this fact). State potential benefits, if any, to society expected from the research.\nTwo examples of phrasing:\nI will be conducting a study to determine if listening to music will improve student reading comprehension. For a period of six weeks beginning September 25th, I will play classical music each day during free reading time. I will compare weekly student reading comprehension scores from this period to scores collected before September 25. My hope is that your child’s reading comprehension will improve when classical music is played in the classroom during free reading. If so, I will be able to incorporate music into my lessons going forward.\nMy study will attempt to determine if COVID-19 effected learning. I will be conducting TerraNova assessments in reading and math to each student in my classroom. TerraNova is a series of student achievement tests that are designed to measure student understanding of academic subjects. Each test will take around 15 minutes to complete and will be taken during the regular school day.","cbCaieaVh0t4pFku","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieaVh0t4pFku","docx",30791,"English","# Letter to Parents\n## Introductory Information and Purpose of the Study\n## Study Description and Potential Benefits\n## Risk and Confidentiality","[{\"question\":\"Who must provide informed consent when the participant is a minor or decisionally impaired?\",\"answer\":\"Informed consent must be sought and obtained from the participant’s parent or guardian before seeking assent from the minor or impaired participant.\"},{\"question\":\"What sections should the parent letter include?\",\"answer\":\"The letter should contain all required informed consent elements organized into a suggested five-paragraph format: introductory purpose, study description and benefits, risk management, confidentiality, and necessary procedural details.\"},{\"question\":\"How should procedures, timelines, and locations be described?\",\"answer\":\"Procedures should be described chronologically using simple language and short sentences. 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