The effect of SMS nudges on higher education performance

IF 1.9 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Empirical Economics Pub Date : 2023-11-23 DOI:10.1007/s00181-023-02516-5

Alicia Brandt, Hamid R. Oskorouchi, Alfonso Sousa-Poza

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Abstract

Driven by higher education’s challenges in maintaining student motivation and achievement during the recent pandemic-induced shift to online learning, we investigate the effectiveness of text messages as a nudging tool to increase academic performance. To do so, we use a nonplacebo randomized controlled trial in which the treatment group directly receives SMS texts that review lecture content and give deadline reminders, while the control group only has access to the same information on the course page. Our findings suggest that the reception of motivating SMS messages per se, rather than the content review, has a positive effect on examination outcomes.

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短信推送对高等教育绩效的影响

在最近大流行导致学生转向在线学习的情况下，高等教育在保持学生积极性和成绩方面面临挑战，为此，我们调查了短信作为一种推动工具提高学业成绩的有效性。为此，我们使用了一项非安慰剂随机对照试验，在试验中，治疗组直接收到复习课程内容并给出截止日期提醒的短信，而对照组只能访问课程页面上的相同信息。我们的研究结果表明，接收激励短信本身，而不是内容复习，对考试结果有积极的影响。

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Empirical Economics Multiple-

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4.40

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157

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