Contact ECoach Support for access to your own MTS project with a complete set of templates.
To-do lists
Starter set of messages you can use as your own (if you wish)
For instructions on writing tailored content using the Michigan Tailoring System, visit the Michigan Tailoring System Authoring Guide.
There's also some advice about tailoring in our ECoach Writing Style Guide.
Made to Stick, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Switch, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change (3rd ed.), by William Miller and Stephen Rollnick
Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works, by Janice (Ginny) Reddish
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Fishbein, Cappella (2006). The Role of Theory in Developing Effective Health Communications. Journal of Communication, 56, S1-S17.
Kroeze, Werkman, Brug (2006). A systematic review of randomized trials on the effectiveness of computer-tailored education on physical activity and dietary behaviors. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 31(3), 205-223.
Noar, Benac, Harris (2007). Does tailoring matter? Meta-analytic review of tailored print health behavior change interventions. Psychological Bulletin, 133(4), 673-693.
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Dijkstra (2008). The Psychology of Tailoring-Ingredients in Computer-Tailored Persuasion. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2(2), 765-784.
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Huberth, Michelotti, McKay, (2013). E2Coach: Tailoring Support for Students in Introductory STEM Courses. EDUCAUSE Review, 48: 6.
Wright, McKay, Hershock, Miller, Tritz, (2014). Better Than Expected: Using Learning Analytics to Promote Student Success in Introductory Gateway Science. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 46(1): 28-34.
Huberth, Chen, Tritz, McKay, (2015). Computer-Tailored Student Support in Introductory Physics. PloS ONE, 10(9): e0137001.
Brown, DeMonbrun, Teasley, (2017). Don’t call it a comeback: academic recovery and the timing of educational technology adoption. LAK '17: Proceedings of the Seventh International Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference, March 2017: 489-493. [Best LAK Paper Nominee]
Chen, Chavez, Ong, Gunderson (2017). Strategic Resource Use for Learning: A Self-Administered Intervention That Guides Self-Reflection on Effective Resource Use Enhances Academic Performance. Psychological Science, 28(6): 774-785.
Matz, et al., (2021). Analyzing the Efficacy of ECoach in Supporting Gateway Course Success Through Tailored Support. LAK21: 11th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference, April 2021: 216-225..
Matz, Derry, Bennett, LaRose, & Hayward, (2022, February 24-26). Behavioral Nudges Improve Student Outcomes on Mastery-based Assessments in Precalculus [Paper presentation]. 24th Annual Conference on Research on Undergraduate Mathematics Education (RUME), Boston, MA.
Chen, Teo, Foo, Derry, Hayward, Schulz, Hayward, McKay, Ong, (2022) Real-world effectiveness of a social-psychology intervention translated from controlled trials to classrooms. npj Science of Learning, 7, 20.