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Competition, Motivation, and Student Engagement

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  • Amanda J. Felkey
  • Eva Dziadula
  • Eric Chiang

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We consider the gamification aspect of a technology that delivers small daily tasks to students to analyze how competition motivates engagement. We randomly assigned 400 students into teams of up to 10, who compete by committing to the daily task and then acknowledging their completion later in the day. Using data collected from the leaderboard, we test whether student engagement with respect to competition varies systematically by gender and by the level of anonymity. Not surprisingly, being ranked in the top three is highly motivating. However, among lower-ranked students, male students tend to disengage when usernames are not anonymous.

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  • Amanda J. Felkey & Eva Dziadula & Eric Chiang, 2023. "Competition, Motivation, and Student Engagement," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 113, pages 508-513, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:113:y:2023:p:508-13
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20231047
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    • A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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