Membership Information
Introduction:
The membership of the AERA Special Interest Group on Survey Research in Education (SIG-SRE) is available for researchers and educators who are interested in survey research in education. SIG-SRE provides a forum for educational researchers seeking to improve survey research methodology.
If you are an AERA member and would like to become a member of SIG-SRE, please visit the AERA Website at http://www.aera.net/. Please note that according to the current practice the membership in any SIG has to run concomitantly with the membership in AERA.If you are not a member of AERA and would like to become a member of SIG-SRE, the best option is to become a member of both AERA and SIG-SRE at the same time because of the current practice that the membership in both AERA and a SIG has to run concomitantly. Please visit the AERA Website at http://www.aera.net/.
If you are not a member of AERA, have no intention of becoming a member of AERA and would like to become a member of SIG-SRE, you may use the following option. Please retrieve and complete the application form shown at the end of this page and mail it along with your check for dues to:
AERA, Attn: Bidyut Acharya
1230 17th Street
NW, Washington, DC 20036.
The membership fee is seven dollars ($7.00) for one year and twelve dollars ($12.00) for two years. SIG-SRE membership fee for AERA student members is three dollars ($3.00) for one year (multiple-year membership option is not availbele for AERA student members).PLEASE note that the SIG membership has to be concomitant with the AERA membership, i.e., membership renewal time period should be the same for the SIG and the AERA.
Activities Supported by the SIG:
* Paper, Round Table, Symposium, Poster, and other forms of presentations at AERA Annual Meetings on numerous topics on survey research methodology. Such topics include:
- Survey sampling procedures
- Survey research designs
- Controversial issues in attitude scaling
- Survey response rates
- Data analytical issues
- Do's and don'ts of item construction and instrument development
- Legal, moral, and ethical issues in survey research
- Electronic v. mail surveys
- Theoretical premises in attitude measurement
- Uses and abuses of survey research
* Invited Addresses at AERA Annual Meetings. Featured speakers in the past have included Donald Dillman and Seymour Sudman.
* Business Meeting and Social Hour at the AERA Annual Meeting. This event offers a wonderful opportunity for:
- Discussion of SIG-SRE activities
- Building acquaintance and camaraderie among members
- Introducing new members to the SIG
- Volunteering to take an active role in SIG activities
- Discussing professional development opportunities
* SIG Newsletter
The SIG-SRE publishes a newsletter, the Respondent, three times a year. It contains information about SIG activities and members along with brief articles and information about current issues in survey research.
* Honors Award
SIG-SRE awards an AERA sanctioned Honors Award annually for exemplary contribution to survey research in education.
* Best Student Research Award
SIG-SRE offers an award annually for the best student research paper in survey research in education to encourage graduate students' interest in survey research in education and to recognize their scholarly contributions.
Opportunities for Active Involvement in the SIG-SRE:
* Serve as a chair or discussant of a SIG-SRE, AERA annual meeting session
* Contribute a feature article to the Respondent
* Serve as a SIG officer or committee member
* Review SIG-SRE, AERA annual meeting proposals
* Recruit members for the SIG
* Offer new ideas for SIG-SRE activities
The SIG-SRE membership list (Current and Lapsed) is given in our newsletter, the Respondent. Please check the latest issue in the Newsletters room for the most recent list.:
For any questions on membership, please contact our Business Secretary:
Hui-Ling Chen
Institutional Research
Saint Anselm College
100 Saint Anselm Drive
Manchester, NH 03102
Voice: 603.222.4203
Fax: 603.222.4205
E-Mail: Hui-Ling
