You are invited to complete online activities. In these activities, you will look at things like words or cartoon pictures. You will respond by clicking, typing, tapping, or speaking depending on the activity you play and these responses will be recorded. Each activity will give you specific instructions on what you need to do. Your teacher or another trusted adult can help you understand the instructions for each activity if you are confused. Before you begin, you will have a chance to practice. Once the activity begins, work on your own without any help from anyone else. Sometimes the activity might feel difficult, but that’s okay. Just do the best you can!
We don’t expect anything bad to happen to you.
You can help scientists understand how kids learn to read.
Your parent/guardian and the research team will know that you participated. If you are participating in school or at home as part of a partnership between your school and the research team, then your school will also know that you participated, and activity results may be shared with your school. If your parent/guardian asks for your activity results, they may receive the results. It is possible that researchers may learn information from this study that may make them concerned about your health and/or safety; in such a case, the researchers may tell your parents or someone else about it.
If you have any questions about the study or any problems with the study, your parent/guardian or teacher can help you email us at readingresearch@stanford.edu. If you have questions about the study but want to talk to someone else who is not a part of the study, your parent/guardian can help you call the Stanford Institutional Review Board (IRB) at (650)-723-5244 or toll free at 1-(866)-680-2906.
You can stop the activity by closing your browser window at any time, and you will not get in trouble. Your teacher will have a separate activity for you if you are participating in school.
If you agree to participate, please press continue.