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Bottom-ranked students prefer anonymous comparison on an absolute leaderboard but public comparison on a relative leaderboard

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q1
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q1 i? Students' preference for public versus anonymous leaderboard display differed by leaderboard type and position: bottom-ranked students preferred anonymity under the absolute leaderboard but favoured public ranking under the relative leaderboard. → Bai 2021

Evidence

Bai 2021

Bai, Shurui, Khe Foon Hew, Michael Sailer, and Chengyuan Jia. 2021. "From top to bottom: how positions on different types of leaderboard may affect fully online student learning performance, intrinsic motivation, and course engagement." Computers & Education 173: 104297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2021.104297.

q1 · i? · causal · r1

Thematic analysis of open-ended surveys with a 100% response rate in both quasi-experiments (24 and 26 respondents; coder agreement 82%). Under the absolute leaderboard, most bottom-ranked students "would feel more relieved if their names were hidden"; under the relative leaderboard, most bottom-ranked students liked the public comparison better.

"However, most of the bottom-ranked students stated that they would feel more relieved if their names were hidden. Anonymous comparison may be more motivating because it saves face"

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