De Paola, Maria; Scoppa, Vincenzo - In: Economics of Education Review 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1416-1429
introductory economics classes to evaluate the impact on achievement of examination frequency and interim feedback provision … commitment” effects from “feedback provision” effects. We find that the estimated treatment impact is due exclusively to the … first effect, while the feedback provision has no positive effect on performance. Finally, the better performance of treated …