Alps Early Access and Research Study Participation Form

AP CSA teachers are invited to pilot ALPS - An Adaptive Learning Platform for Schools that provides you unique insights into your students learning and enables you to create highly personalized assignments.

Are you an AP Computer Science (CS) teacher willing to test a new product that can improve your teaching? Our research team is looking to recruit high school AP CSA and CSP teachers to test an AI-based adaptive learning platform (“ALPS”) that provides unique insights and actionable  recommendations for teachers. 

This is your chance to participate in an Institute of Education Sciences (IES), U.S. Department of Education funded research study to test an innovative product that has the potential to transform high school CS teaching and learning.

Participating teachers will be assigned to either an intervention group that will use ALPS during
the research study, or a control group that will get access to ALPS after the study. Those
selected for the intervention group will be asked to use ALPS for two months (March and April)
during the 2024-2025 school year. The platform helps teachers view student progress towards
mastery, engagement, and many other data points while also being able to assign custom
assignments based on each student’s performance.

Benefits of Participation: 
● All participating teachers will receive free licenses and teacher professional development for the adaptive learning platform, ALPS. Teachers in the control group will receive access after the research study is complete.
● Your input will help shape a cutting-edge instructional tool.

Participant Expectations:
● All Teachers:
    ○ Complete two online surveys
    ○ Support the administration of two online surveys and one practice AP CS assessment to students
● Some teachers may choose to participate in a 1-hour interview.
● Additionally, teachers selected for the intervention group will be asked to:
   ○ Attend a few hours of training on use of ALPS
   ○ Use ALPS within your AP CS classroom for a 2-month period
   ○ Complete bi-weekly (every two weeks) teaching logs
   ○ Provide consent for researchers to understand your use of ALPS (such as features used)
   ○ Allow the research team to observe two successive class periods (if selected, and voluntary)

Compensation: Based on the level of participation (e.g., duration, number of students), participants will be eligible to receive compensation in the range of $125 - $350. 

Once you fill the form, you will hear from us within 2 weeks. We will demo the product and share more details about the participation process.

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Email *
First name *
Last name *
How many years have you taught AP CS? *
Number of students you have taught AP CS each year (over the past 3 years on average)? *
Have you been an AP Reader for AP CSA or AP CSP? *
Which of the following curricula have you used for teaching AP CSA?
< 1 yr
1-3 yrs
3-5 yrs
5+ yrs
Other
CS Awesome
Code.org
CodeHS
Your Own
Other
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Which of the following curricula have you used for teaching AP CS Principles?
< 1 yr
1-3 yrs
3-5 yrs
5+ yrs
Mobile CSP
Code.org
CodeHS
BJC
CMU CS Academy
Other
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Which other computer science courses have you taught for at least 1 year, and to at least 50 students over the past 3 years. *
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Do you have a teaching credential? If so, which subjects and for which State(s)? *
Do you have any questions about your participation or about the survey or the interview?
I understand that this is a formal research study being conducted by SRI and as such, I may be required to obtain consent of my school or district, the students and their parents. I am willing to complete these tasks.  *
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The information I receive about the ALPS as part of this research study is confidential and proprietary and I understand that I may be required to sign a non-disclosure and/or a consent form to share my name as a participant in this study.  *
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