Nudging plus guaranteed counseling increases the percentage of students who schedule and attend counseling appointments¶
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Evidence · 1 study · causalr3·q3
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
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q3 i? Workshop-group students scheduled appointments at 56.4 percent versus 32.6 percent for controls and attended at 48.2 percent versus 30.1 percent; one-on-one-group students scheduled at 58.5 percent and attended at 50.3 percent; all differences versus control significant at p < .001. → Visher 2016
Evidence¶
Visher 2016¶
Visher, M. G., Mayer, A. K., Johns, M., Rudd, T., Levine, A., and Rauner, M. (2016). Scaling academic planning in community college: A randomized controlled trial (REL 2017–204). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory West. http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs
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Intermediate behavioral outcome of the RCT: appointment scheduling and attendance from administrative records. Table 2 prints differences of 23.8*** (scheduled) and 18.1*** (attended) for workshop versus control and 26.0/20.2 for one-on-one versus control, which the text calls large and statistically significant.
"About 56 percent of students assigned to the workshop group scheduled a workshop appointment, and 48 percent attended one, while about 33 percent of control group students scheduled a counseling appointment, and 30 percent attended one (table 2)."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Workshop and one-on-one counseling with nudging show no significant difference in session attendance or academic plan completion, though the comparison is exploratory — related
- Guaranteed one-on-one counseling with nudging increases academic plan completion by about 23 percentage points over control — related
- Guaranteed workshop counseling with nudging increases academic plan completion by about 20 percentage points over a business-as-usual control group — related
- Group workshop counseling is the most cost-effective option, with the lowest cost per academic plan completed — related
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