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Field
Experimental Design (Public)
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Before
The experiment consists of 12-week intervention period followed by a 12-week post-intervention period.
For the 12-week intervention period, the 150 schools are split into one of two conditions:
1. Control
2. Treatment
The control schools receive information brochure about the Solve Education! online learning platform, its modules, and instructions on how to set up accounts for students. The treatment schools receive the same brochure, and are additionally entered into a "tournament". The tournament provides various incentives for form 1 students to complete a module on climate change education (see Interventions above).
Upon completion of the 12-week intervention period, we will further randomize students into receiving nudges to encourage them to continue using the online learning platform in the absence of tournament incentives:
A. Motivational exercises
B. Whatsapp reminders
Motivational exercises ask students to reflect on who they aspire to be when they grow up, and how continuing to learn various subjects (e.g., English and Math) via the online learning platform will help them achieve their goals.
Whatsapp reminders will provide students with a message every two weeks to remind them to continue learning using the platform. We will randomly vary the message content (generic message written by experimenter vs. custom message written by students) as well as the timing of the message (e.g., time of day & day of the week).
We will continue to monitor students' outcomes for 12 more weeks after the conclusion of the intervention period.
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After
The experiment consists of 12-week intervention period followed by a 12-week post-intervention period.
For the 12-week intervention period, the 150 schools are split into one of two conditions:
1. Control
2. Treatment
The control schools receive information brochure about the Solve Education! online learning platform, its modules, and instructions on how to set up accounts for students. The treatment schools receive the same brochure, and are additionally entered into a "tournament". The tournament provides various incentives for form 1 students to complete a module on climate change education (see Interventions above).
Upon completion of the 12-week intervention period, we will further randomize students into receiving nudges to encourage them to continue using the online learning platform in the absence of tournament incentives:
A. Motivational exercises
B. Whatsapp reminders
Motivational exercises ask students to reflect on who they aspire to be when they grow up, and how continuing to learn various subjects (e.g., English and Math) via the online learning platform will help them achieve their goals.
Whatsapp reminders will provide students with a weekly message to remind them to continue learning using the platform. We will randomly vary the message content (no message, simple message, or commitment message) as well as the timing of the message (morning, afternoon or evening).
More details about these two behavioral interventions are available in an attached document.
We will continue to monitor students' outcomes for 12 more weeks after the conclusion of the intervention period.
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