Procedure
The study unfolded over the course of the first marking period at the school. Just before the beginning of the school year, the principal helped our research team recruit as many ninth grade teachers as were interested in participating. In turn, during the first week of school these 27 consenting teachers helped us collect consent forms from their students. Throughout the following week of school, these stu- dents and teachers visited their computer lab and completed the initial get-to-know-you survey. We mailed our feedback forms to the school by the middle of the third week of classes. Students (N 315) and 24
teachers then completed these forms over the course of the next 2 weeks. An additional teacher submitted her feedback sheet late (though her students completed their sheets on time); this teacher and her students were retained in the sample. Two teachers and their classes never completed the feedback forms, thereby reducing the final sample size to 315 students and 25 teachers. Midquarter progress grades were finalized at the end of the fifth week of classes. During the eighth and ninth weeks of classes, students and teachers took the follow-up survey. (Because teachers were allowed to take the survey on their own time, some teachers completed the follow up survey up to one month later.) The quarter concluded at the end of the 10th week of classes.