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dc.titleStreaking to Success: The Effects of Highlighting Streaks on Student Effort and Achievement
dc.contributor.authorCristia, Julian P.
dc.contributor.authorCueto, Santiago
dc.contributor.authorMalamud, Ofer
dc.contributor.authorAulagnon, Raphaëlle
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageCentral America
dc.date.available2024-04-18T00:04:00
dc.date.issue2024-04-18T00:04:00
dc.description.abstractWe examine whether highlighting streaks encourages 4th to 6th grade students in Peru to increase their use of an online math platform and improve learning. Sixty thousand students were randomly assigned to receive messages that i) highlighted streaks, ii) provided personalized reminders with positive reinforcement, or iii) provided generic reminders, while others were assigned to a control group. Highlighting streaks and providing personalized reminders significantly increased platform use compared to generic reminders and the control group, with streaks more effective on the intensive margin and personalized reminders more effective on the extensive margin. Highlighting streaks also significantly improved math achievement compared to the control group.
dc.format.extent46
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0012912
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Streaking-to-Success-The-Effects-of-Highlighting-Streaks-on-Student-Effort-and-Achievement.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectLearning
dc.subjectEducational Resource
dc.subjectMobile App
dc.subjectEducational Institution
dc.subjectTeaching of Mathematics
dc.subjectEducational Attainment
dc.subjectAcademic Performance
dc.subject.jelcodeI21 - Analysis of Education
dc.subject.jelcodeI25 - Education and Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeD91 - Intertemporal Household Choice • Life Cycle Models and Saving
dc.subject.keywordsStreaks;Education;Math achievement;Online
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01566
idb.operationRG-K1416
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