Plan Making and Meta-Cognitive Awareness in Middle School Students

Last registered on June 19, 2015

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Plan Making and Meta-Cognitive Awareness in Middle School Students
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0000739
Initial registration date
June 19, 2015

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
June 19, 2015, 5:20 PM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Locations

Region

Primary Investigator

Affiliation
Harvard Kennedy School

Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Affiliation
University of Pennsylvania

Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2015-01-02
End date
2015-11-06
Secondary IDs
Abstract
This study examines the effect of a week-long plan-making coaching intervention on student academic performance. There are three conditions: control, plan-making, review+plan-making.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Duckworth, Angela and Todd Rogers. 2015. "Plan Making and Meta-Cognitive Awareness in Middle School Students." AEA RCT Registry. June 19. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.739-1.0
Former Citation
Duckworth, Angela and Todd Rogers. 2015. "Plan Making and Meta-Cognitive Awareness in Middle School Students." AEA RCT Registry. June 19. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/739/history/4536
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
All students at a Middle School were randomly assigned to one of three conditions.
Control: For five days during homeroom class before lunch period, students completed a booklet in which they responded to questions about their school and other favorite activities.
Plan: For five days during homeroom class before lunch period, students completed a booklet in which they responded to questions about their school and other favorite activities. Students also set a plan to meet an academic goal of their choice by the next school day by completing an if-then statement about when and how they will meet this goal.
Review + Plan: For five days during homeroom class before lunch period, students completed a booklet in which they set a plan to meet an academic goal of their choice by the next school day by completing an if-then statement about when and how they will meet this goal. Students also answered a series of questions on days two through five to review and reflect on their academic goal from the previous school day.
After completing the booklet, all students were asked to make a plan to complete an online survey (or to mail a form to the researchers if students did not have access to the internet) precisely on February 7, the day after receiving the link to the survey. We recorded whether they succeeded in completing the online survey or mailing it to us on the 7th of February.
Intervention Start Date
2015-01-05
Intervention End Date
2015-05-21

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
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Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
see attached
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
computer
Randomization Unit
individual level
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
~1,100 students divided across 3 conditions
Sample size: planned number of observations
~1,100
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
~367 per condition
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Harvard IRB
IRB Approval Date
2013-10-15
IRB Approval Number
IRB13-2059
Analysis Plan

Analysis Plan Documents

pre-analysis plan

MD5: 9a0f382a4291796010d6223fd8fb63c2

SHA1: 3057fa63fe21db79d8a53177176365b069dc7164

Uploaded At: June 19, 2015

Post-Trial

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

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