Choice in reason why you need to learn a topic.
This study is currently being run by students. The purpose of this study is to see if giving a student a video with an explanation to why they are learning a subject is helpful. Furthermore, the student gets to pick which topic -- food, school, sports, shopping, or nature -- they want an example from.
Before Assignment to Condition
The student is asked if they can see and hear a video if they can they are then put into condition, otherwise they are just given problems to solve.
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Control
These students are given a filler video and then problems to work on.
This is the filler problem.
Experiment
These students are given a filler video and then problems to work on.
This is the problem Where students pick a topic and then see a video that describes why the topic uses percents and ratios.
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This is an example of the problems students work on until they get three right in a row.
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This is an example of the problems students work on until they get three right in a row.
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Teacher Invitation - This was sent to teachers to recruit their participation.
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Clicking on the link above will allow you to experience this study from the student's perspective. You will be randomly assigned to either the control or experimental conditions. Follow the link multiple times or refresh the preview page to experience each condition.
Hawkings, W., Heffernan, N., & Heffernan, C. (in preparation) Using choice of video description of the topic to motivate.