Abstract

The authors of this article describe the design and implementation of a multi-site randomized controlled trial of team-based learning (TBL) application exercises (AE) in introductory economics courses that use TBL. For each of the four study modules that are common across sites, a site is assigned to either the treatment or control version of the module. This design enables the use of a fixed effects model to estimate the effect of treatment on student learning and control for student characteristics. The methodology demonstrates how to extract the benefits of multi-site randomized controlled designs using a minimum of resources. The authors also discuss the challenges and the lessons learned in this study.

摘要

本文的作者描述了在使用 TBL 的介绍性经济学课程中基于团队学习 (TBL) 应用练习 (AE) 的多站点随机对照试验的设计和实施。对于跨站点通用的四个研究模块中的每一个，将站点分配给模块的处理或控制版本。这种设计能够使用固定效应模型来估计治疗对学生学习和控制学生特征的影响。该方法演示了如何使用最少的资源来提取多站点随机控制设计的好处。作者还讨论了本研究中的挑战和经验教训。