Advancing Developmental Science via Unmoderated Remote Research with Children

This article introduces an accessible approach to implementing unmoderated remote research in developmental science - research in which children and families participate in studies remotely and independently, without directly interacting with researchers. Unmoderated remote research has the potentia...

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Published inJournal of cognition and development Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 477 - 493
Main Authors Rhodes, Marjorie, Rizzo, Michael T., Foster-Hanson, Emily, Moty, Kelsey, Leshin, Rachel A., Wang, Michelle, Benitez, Josie, Ocampo, John Daryl
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Psychology Press 07.08.2020
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Children
Cognitive Development
Data Processing
Demography
Family (Sociological Unit)
Informed Consent
Longitudinal Studies
Parent Child Relationship
Parent Role
Privacy
Recruitment
Replication (Evaluation)
Research Design
Research Projects
Researchers
developmental science
online research
methods
unmoderated remote research
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Summary:This article introduces an accessible approach to implementing unmoderated remote research in developmental science - research in which children and families participate in studies remotely and independently, without directly interacting with researchers. Unmoderated remote research has the potential to strengthen developmental science by: (1) facilitating the implementation of studies that are easily replicable, (2) allowing for new approaches to longitudinal studies and studies of parent-child interaction, and (3) including families from more diverse backgrounds and children growing up in more diverse environments in research. We describe an approach we have used to design and implement unmoderated remote research that is accessible to researchers with limited programming expertise, and we describe the resources we have made available on a new website (discoveriesonline.org) to help researchers get started with implementing this approach. We discuss the potential of this method for developmental science and highlight some challenges still to be overcome to harness the power of unmoderated remote research for advancing the field.
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ISSN:1524-8372
1532-7647
DOI:10.1080/15248372.2020.1797751