Volunteers have made Wikipedia a great encyclopedia by creating and improving articles. Our goal is to apply the same model to educational materials. This research is to figure out how the Wikipedia model could work for educational materials.
You will try to improve worked examples that other volunteers have written to provide instruction in understanding and applying the Pythagorean Theorem. A worked example poses a math problem and then shows detailed steps of how to solve it. You will take worked example problems people like you have already contributed and try to make them better. This takes about 10 minutes each.
In addition to helping create better educational materials, you can also win up to $100 in gift certificates to Amazon.com. For each worked example you evaluate and improve, you will be entered into a lottery to win an Amazon gift certificate. High quality contributions triple your odds of winning. For more details, read the extended information.
Your privacy will be honored. Data analysis and publication/presentation of results will be anonymous and your e-mail address won't be shared outside this research except to send you a gift certificate.
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If you have any questions about this study, read the extended information. Also feel free to contact me now or at any time throughout your participation.