The Use of Behavioural Economics to Encourage First-Year Completion and
Retention
Damian Gordon, Dublin Institute of Technologye: [email protected]
t: @damiantgordon
Behavioural
Economics
80%Spillage
8%CleaningCosts
TOO CUTE!no one would want to do it
TOO CUTE!no one would want to do it
TOO CUTE!no one would want to do it
TOO CREEPY!no one would want to stand
TOO CUTE!no one would want to do it
TOO CREEPY!no one would want to stand
TOO CUTE!no one would want to do it
TOO CREEPY!no one would want to stand
JUST RIGHT!No one likes them, but no one is scared of them
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108 firstyear students
DISTINCTION
HONOUR
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FAIL
DISTINCTION
HONOUR
PASS
FAIL
DISTINCTION
HONOUR
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108 firstyear students
108 firstyear students
=
108 firstyear students
= 54Jedwards
108 firstyear students
= 54Jedwards
DISTINCTION
HONOUR
PASS
FAIL
Behavioural
Economics
Three things that didn’t
work, and three things that did.
Three things that didn’t work
Groupwork using Behaviour
Economics
Videosusing Behaviour
Economics
Showing a movieusing Behaviour
Economics
Three things that did work
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Number of labsSubmitted:
91
What have we learned?
Behavioural Economics seems to be a combination of two things:
1. Herd Mentality2. DP Behaviourism
1. Herd Mentality
The Wisdom of Crowds
2. Behaviourism
MethodologicalBehaviourism
RadicalBehaviourism
DPBehaviourism
MethodologicalBehaviourism
RadicalBehaviourism
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