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Using a Planning Prompt Survey to Encourage Early Completion of Homework Assignments

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Zachary Felker,

Zhongzhou ChenAuthors Info & Claims

L@S '22: Proceedings of the Ninth ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3491140.3528297

Published: 01 June 2022 Publication History

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In an earlier study we showed that small amounts of extra credit offered for early progress on online homework assignments can reduce cramming behavior in introductory physics students. This work expands on the prior study by implementing a planning prompt intervention inspired by Yeomans and Reich's similar treatment. In the prompt we asked students to what degree they intended to earn extra credit offered for early work on the module sequence, and what their plan was to realize their intentions. The survey was assigned for ordinary course credit and due several days before the first extra credit deadline. We found that students who completed the prompt earned on average 0.6 more extra credit points and completed the modules an average of 1.1 days earlier compared to a previous semester. We detect the impact of the survey by creating a multilinear model based on data from students exposed to the intervention as well as students in a previous semester. Data from five homework sequences are included in the model to account for differences between the two semesters that cannot be attributed to the planning prompt intervention.

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Cho JTao YYeomans MTingley DKizilcec R(2024)Which Planning Tactics Predict Online Course Completion?Proceedings of the 14th Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference10.1145/3636555.3636891(360-370)Online publication date: 18-Mar-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3636555.3636891
Matz RMills MDerry HHayward BHayward C(2024)Viewing tailored nudges is correlated with improved mastery‐based assessment scoresBritish Journal of Educational Technology10.1111/bjet.1345155:5(1841-1859)Online publication date: 11-Mar-2024
https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.13451
Felker ZChen Z(2023)Reducing procrastination on introductory physics online homework for college students using a planning prompt interventionPhysical Review Physics Education Research10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.19.01012319:1Online publication date: 30-Mar-2023
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.19.010123

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Using a Planning Prompt Survey to Encourage Early Completion of Homework Assignments
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
    1. Computer-assisted instruction
    2. E-learning

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Cho JTao YYeomans MTingley DKizilcec R(2024)Which Planning Tactics Predict Online Course Completion?Proceedings of the 14th Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference10.1145/3636555.3636891(360-370)Online publication date: 18-Mar-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3636555.3636891
Matz RMills MDerry HHayward BHayward C(2024)Viewing tailored nudges is correlated with improved mastery‐based assessment scoresBritish Journal of Educational Technology10.1111/bjet.1345155:5(1841-1859)Online publication date: 11-Mar-2024
https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.13451
Felker ZChen Z(2023)Reducing procrastination on introductory physics online homework for college students using a planning prompt interventionPhysical Review Physics Education Research10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.19.01012319:1Online publication date: 30-Mar-2023
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.19.010123

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