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Field
Abstract
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Before
Using a field experiment, we conduct the first investigation of how interactive teacher intervention in online education impacts the academic achievements and noncognitive abilities of primary school students. Our findings indicate that adding 30-minute interactive online recitation sessions to pure online courses leads to significant improvements in students’ exam scores, as well as increased levels of extraversion, openness, and conscientiousness. The effects can be attributed to three underlying mechanisms. First, students who participate in the session develop better in-class attention.Second, they devote more time to reviewing lessons after class. Third, they exhibit a higher degree of social interaction.
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After
This study conducts the first investigation of how the teacher-student interaction in online education impacts the academic achievements and personality traits of primary school students using a field experiment. Our findings indicate that adding regular interactive online recitation sessions to pure online courses leads to significant improvements in students’ exam scores, as well as increased levels of extraversion, openness, and conscientiousness. The positive effects on students’ academic achievements and personality traits can be attributed to enhanced students’ learning motivation and engagement and increased levels of parental inputs on their children,respectively.
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