Microcommitments: The Effect of Small Commitments on Student Success

2021 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 92-96
Author(s):  
Amanda J. Felkey ◽  
Eva Dziadula ◽  
Eric P. Chiang ◽  
Jose Vazquez
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Treatment Group ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Randomized Control Trial ◽  
Text Message ◽  
Social Accountability ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Hybrid Classes ◽  
Course Material ◽  
Randomized Control

We conducted a randomized control trial with nearly 1,000 students to test whether using a text-message-based tool that provides small commitments with social accountability helps students procrastinate less and maintain engagement with course material, yielding improved academic performance. All students received identical content via text message, but the treatment group engaged with an online platform encouraging commitments and featuring a social feed with rankings. The analysis reveals that microcommitments with social accountability improved academic performance relative to students who received simple nudges. The increase is equivalent to 3 percentage points on an exam, driven by online and hybrid classes.

Deposit Collectors

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nava Ashraf ◽  
Dean Karlan ◽  
Wesley Yin
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Group ◽  
Transaction Costs ◽  
Randomized Control Trial ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Household Bargaining ◽  
Banking Services ◽  
The World ◽  
Randomized Control ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Informal lending and savings institutions exist around the world, and often include regular door-to-door deposit collection of cash. Some banks have adopted similar services in order to expand access to banking services in areas that lack physical branches. Using a randomized control trial, we investigate determinants of participation in a deposit collection service and evaluate the impact of offering the service for micro-savers of a rural bank in the Philippines. Of 137 individuals offered the service in the treatment group, 38 agreed to sign-up, and 20 regularly used the service. Take-up is predicted by distance to the bank (a measure of transaction costs of depositing without the service) as well as being married (a suggestion that household bargaining issues are important). Those offered the service saved 188 pesos more (which equates to about a 25% increase in savings stock) and were slightly less likely to borrow from the bank.

scholarly journals Results from 2017 Virginia Text Message Experiment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Nigel Yan ◽  
Joshua Kalla
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Group ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Text Message ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Pre Treatment ◽  
The Universe

In 2017, NextGen America conducted an experiment to evaluate whether peer-to-peer texting increases voter turnout in the Virginia gubernatorial primary. NGA randomly assigned 250,000 people to a treatment group and 125,000 people to a control group. People were contacted through Relay, a peer-to-peer texting program, during a four-day period starting on June 8th. The universe of people in the experiment are 40 or younger (average age of 30), and had an average partisanship score of 87.15 (SE=11). Overall, we found that 11.32% of the treatment group voted, while 10.73% of the control group voted. After controlling for pre-treatment covariates, we found that peer-to-peer texting increased turnout by .62 percentage points (p<.0001; SE=.001).

scholarly journals Behavioral Counseling of Theory of Planned Behavior-Based to Increase Sufferers' Intention in Preventing Recurrent Ischemic Stroke: A Randomized Control Trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 306-311
Author(s):  
Novian Mahayu Adiutama ◽  
Hera Hijriani ◽  
Aat Agustini ◽  
Wardah Fauziah ◽  
Nurizzi Rifqi Ferdian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ischemic Stroke ◽  
Treatment Group ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽  
Planned Behavior ◽  
Randomized Control Trial ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Behavioral Counseling ◽  
Counseling Intervention ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Randomized Control

Introduction: Ischemic stroke has become the leading cause of premature death in the last two decades. The biggest problem in preventing recurrence ischemic stroke is the compliance of the sufferers and the obedient behavior will arise only if they are consistent and have a strong intention. This study aims to determine the effect of behavioral counseling in increasing the intention to prevent recurrent ischemic stroke by using the theory of planned behavior model approach. Methods: Randomized Control Trial was conducted on 64 patients after an ischemic stroke that was managed by a public health center in East Java, Indonesia. Simple random sampling technique was used to take samples in this study. We provided behavioral counseling regarding the prevention of ischemic stroke recurrence to the treatment group using the Behavioral module which was compiled based on the guidelines from the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), while the intention variable was measured using the intention measurement instrument from the TPB Questionaries. The data obtained were then analyzed by using an independent t test. Results: The result revealed that there was a significant difference in the mean value of the intention variable between the control group and the treatment group after the TPB-based behavioral counseling intervention for 1 month (p=0.015). Discussion: The behavioral counseling of TPB-based can be implemented as an alternative way in increasing the sufferers’ intention to prevent recurrence ischemic stroke. Further research in a broader scope is needed to prove the effectiveness of behavioral counseling on the structural values of the Theory of Planned Behavior.

scholarly journals Results from 2016 Illinois Text Message Experiment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Kalla
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Group ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Text Message ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
General Election ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Pre Treatment ◽  
To Receive

During the 2016 general election, NextGen Climate conducted an experiment to assess whether peer-to-peer texting is effective at increasing voter turnout. NextGen Climate randomly assigned 94,257 individuals to receive a text message encouraging them to vote and 94,229 to a control group that received no outreach from NextGen Climate through Relay, the program they used for peer-to-peer texting. Individuals targeted were under 40 years old (average of 25) and had an average partisanship score of 81 (SE=15). The text messages were sent on November 5th, three days before Election Day. Overall, we find that 32.50% of the treatment group voted while 32.26% of the control group did. After adjusting for pre-treatment covariates, we find that the peer-to-peer text message increased turnout by 0.25 percentage points (p=0.20; SE=0.20).

scholarly journals Gait Mechanics in Women of the ACL‐SPORTS Randomized Control Trial: Interlimb Symmetry Improves Over Time Regardless of Treatment Group

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (8) ◽  
pp. 1743-1753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob J Capin ◽  
Ryan Zarzycki ◽  
Naoaki Ito ◽  
Ashutosh Khandha ◽  
Celeste Dix ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Group ◽  
Randomized Control Trial ◽  
Gait Mechanics ◽  
Randomized Control ◽  
Over Time

Classroom-Based Motivational Interviewing for Improving College Students’ Academic Performance: A Randomized Trial

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-167
Author(s):  
Gerald G. Strait ◽  
Christopher Williams ◽  
Christopher Peters
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Treatment Group ◽  
Motivational Interviewing ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Randomized Control Trial ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Randomized Control ◽  
Undergraduate Psychology ◽  
Performance Results

In this study, we used a randomized control trial ( N = 84) to evaluate the effects of a classroom-based motivational interviewing intervention on undergraduate psychology students’ test performance. Results indicated that students in the treatment group ( n = 38) demonstrated significant increases in their exam grades following the intervention ( d = .34). However, these changes were not significantly different from students in a control group ( n = 43) who received a handout on study tips.

A randomized control trial of supplementary prenatal care: Implications for family practice

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Tough ◽  
D. Johnston ◽  
J. Siever ◽  
G. Jorgenson ◽  
L. Slocombe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prenatal Care ◽  
Family Practice ◽  
Randomized Control Trial ◽  
Randomized Control
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