ERIC Number: ED671845
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-May
Pages: 77
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Effects of Perceived Productivity on Study Effort: Evidence from a Field Experiment. EdWorkingPaper No. 21-400
Fulya Y. Ersoy
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
How does the perceived relationship between effort and achievement affect effort? To answer this question, I conduct a field experiment with a popular online learning platform. I exogenously manipulate students' beliefs about returns to effort by assigning them to different information treatments, each of which provides factual information. Students update their beliefs towards the information provided and change their study effort in the same direction with the shifts in their beliefs. This result shows that students' beliefs about the returns to effort is an important component of their human capital accumulation and low-cost information interventions can influence these beliefs.
Descriptors: Productivity, Electronic Learning, Beliefs, Student Attitudes, Attitude Change, Human Capital, Field Studies, Experiments, Activities, Student Motivation, Intention, Intervention, Self Concept, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Evaluation Methods, Study Habits, Academic Achievement, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Student Behavior, Universities, College Students
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Russell Sage Foundation
Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Location: California
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