TY  - RPRT
A1  - Amann, Erwin
A1  - Rzepka, Sylvi
T1  - The Effect of Goal-Setting Prompts in a Blended Learning Environment
BT  - Evidence from a Field Experiment
T2  - CEPA Discussion Papers
N2  - We investigate how inviting students to set task-based goals affects usage of an online learning platform and course performance. We design and implement a randomized field experiment in a large mandatory economics course with blended learning elements. The low-cost treatment induces students to use the online learning system more often, more intensively, and to begin earlier with exam preparation. Treated students perform better in the course than the control group: they are 18.8% (0.20 SD) more likely to pass the exam and earn 6.7% (0.19 SD) more points on the exam. There is no evidence that treated students spend significantly more time, rather they tend to shift to more productive learning methods. The heterogeneity analysis suggests that higher treatment effects are associated with higher levels of behavioral bias but also with poor early course behavior.
T3  - CEPA Discussion Papers - 25 
KW  - natural field experiment
KW  - blended learning
KW  - behavioral economics
KW  - goal-setting
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-493476
SN  - 2628-653X
N1  - The trial is registered in the AEA RCT registry, RCT ID AEARCTR-28790 (https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.2928-1.0).
IS  - 25
ER  -