a novel large scale field experiment at university, where students are randomized into work groups based on their score …. Further analysis suggests that students exposed to creative peers become more creative, but do not adjust their overall study … effort. This is in line with the idea that creative approaches and questions of peers help students to master the study …

We conducted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a summer learning program for vulnerable students … were most pronounced among primary school students and among students with special needs or from vulnerable environments …. The program compensated for summer learning loss, as treatment group students returned to school in September with higher …

experiments, using both students and managers as subjects. Communication is implemented by two different devices, a ‘standardized … triopoly. Moreover, managers behave in a similar way under the two communication devices, while students are more influenced by … quantities than students, and communication enhances the difference between the subject pools in duopoly but reduces this …

This paper assesses the effect of two stylized and antithetic non-monetary incentive schemes on students' effort. We … collect data from a field experiment where incentives are exogenously imposed, performance is monitored and individual … characteristics are observed. Students are randomly assigned to a tournament scheme that fosters competition between coupled students …

This paper studies the effect of providing feedback to college students on their position in the grade distribution by … using a randomized control experiment. This information was updated every six months during a three-year period. In the … absence of treatment, students' underestimate their position in the grade distribution. The treatment significantly improves …