APPENDIX R

DISSERTATION STUDY: IRB MODIFICATION APPROVAL EMAILS

To: Ayeesha Hankins

2893 Inca Court, Winston-Salem, NC 27103

From: UNCG IRB Date: 10/25/2016

RE: Notice of IRB Exemption

Exemption Category: 2. Survey, interview, public observation Study #: 15-0528

Study Title: Cultivating Academic and Social Self-Efficacy in First-Year Students: A Quantitative Study of the First-

Year Seminar

This submission has been reviewed by the IRB and was determined to be exempt from further review according to the regulatory category cited above under 45 CFR 46.101(b).

Study Description:

This purpose of this study is to assess the academic and social self-efficacy of first-time freshman students enrolled in the University of North Carolina Greensboro’s Foundations for Learning (FFL) course. Academic self-efficacy underscores the belief a student maintains about his or her ability to successfully achieve at a designated level on an academic task or attain a specific academic goal. Similarly, relational or social self-efficacy underscores an individual’s confidence in her/his ability to engage in the social interactional tasks necessary to initiate and maintain interpersonal relationships. A quasi-experimental pre-post study design will be utilized to determine if the intervention (the FFL course) contributed to changes in self-efficacy scores. Differences in scores, will be measured by the College Self-

Efficacy Inventory (CSEI). A secondary purpose is to determine if differences in self-efficacy scores are dissimilar

among specific subgroups of students, including male and female, and various racial and ethnic groups. Research participants in FFL 100 sections for Exploratory majors (Arts and Sciences Undecided) will invited to voluntarily complete the online survey. The survey will be administered via Qualtrics by the principal investigator and students will be required to agree to an informed consent statement before completing the survey.

Regulatory and other findings:

 This research meets criteria for waiver of a signed consent form according to 45 CFR 46.117(c)(2).  The IRB requirement that all consent documents used in the enrollment process display the IRB approval

stamp is waived for this study.

Modification information:

This modification is being submitted for three reasons.

1. The post-course survey was not added as an attachment to the original IRB

2. The survey drawing for the incentive to participate in the study was not included on the original IRB (The drawing page will be accessible at the end of the CSEI for study participants. Students interested in participating in the random drawing will be asked to enter their name and email address)

3. The exact dates of the post-course survey have been determined and differ from those originally noted. They will be November 10th through November 21st.

Investigator’s Responsibilities

Please be aware that any changes to your protocol must be reviewed by the IRB prior to being implemented. Please utilize the most recent and approved version of your consent form/information sheet when enrolling participants. The IRB will maintain records for this study for three years from the date of the original determination of exempt status.

Signed letters, along with stamped copies of consent forms and other recruitment materials will be scanned to you in a separate email. Stamped consent forms must be used unless the IRB has given you approval to waive this

requirement. Please notify the ORI office immediately if you have an issue with the stamped consents forms.

Please be aware that valid human subjects training and signed statements of confidentiality for all members of research team need to be kept on file with the lead investigator. Please note that you will also need to remain in compliance with the university “Access to and Retention of Research Data” Policy which can be found

at http://policy.uncg.edu/university‐policies/research_data/. CC:

To: Ayeesha Hankins

Student Affairs

2893 Inca Court, Winston-Salem, NC 27103

From: UNCG IRB Date: 11/10/2016

RE: Notice of IRB Exemption (modification)

Exemption Category: 2.Survey, interview, public observation Study #: 15-0528

Study Title: Cultivating Academic and Social Self-Efficacy in First-Year Students: A Quantitative Study of the First-

Year Seminar

This submission has been reviewed by the IRB and was determined to be exempt from further review according to the regulatory category cited above under 45 CFR 46.101(b).

Study Description:

This purpose of this study is to assess the academic and social self-efficacy of first-time freshman students enrolled in the University of North Carolina Greensboro’s Foundations for Learning (FFL) course. Academic self-efficacy underscores the belief a student maintains about his or her ability to successfully achieve at a designated level on an academic task or attain a specific academic goal. Similarly, relational or social self-efficacy underscores an individual’s confidence in her/his ability to engage in the social interactional tasks necessary to initiate and maintain interpersonal relationships. A quasi-experimental pre-post study design will be utilized to determine if the intervention (the FFL course) contributed to changes in self-efficacy scores. Differences in scores, will be measured by the College Self-

Efficacy Inventory (CSEI). A secondary purpose is to determine if differences in self-efficacy scores are dissimilar

among specific subgroups of students, including male and female, and various racial and ethnic groups. Research participants in FFL 100 sections for Exploratory majors (Arts and Sciences Undecided) will invited to voluntarily complete the online survey. The survey will be administered via Qualtrics by the principal investigator and students will be required to agree to an informed consent statement before completing the survey.

Regulatory and other findings:

This research meets criteria for waiver of a signed consent form according to 45 CFR 46.117(c)(2).

 The IRB requirement that all consent documents used in the enrollment process display the IRB approval stamp is waived for this study.

Modification Information:

 A modification is being requested due to a mistake in the wording for the final post-course reminder. The language has been updated and the areas in which additions have been made are highlighted in grey on the ‘recruitment email’ attachment.

Investigator’s Responsibilities

Please be aware that any changes to your protocol must be reviewed by the IRB prior to being implemented. Please utilize the most recent and approved version of your consent form/information sheet when enrolling participants. The IRB will maintain records for this study for three years from the date of the original determination of exempt status.

Signed letters, along with stamped copies of consent forms and other recruitment materials will be scanned to you in a separate email. Stamped consent forms must be used unless the IRB has given you approval to waive this

requirement. Please notify the ORI office immediately if you have an issue with the stamped consents forms.

Please be aware that valid human subjects training and signed statements of confidentiality for all members of research team need to be kept on file with the lead investigator. Please note that you will also need to remain in compliance with the university “Access to and Retention of Research Data” Policy which can be found

at http://policy.uncg.edu/university‐policies/research_data/. CC: