Can incentives mitigate student overconfidence at grade forecasts?

Research shows that college students exhibit bias in their forecasts of exam performance. Most students are overconfident in their forecasts, academically weaker students are the most overconfident, and top-performing students are underconfident. The literature identifies negative repercussions of these biases, including inadequate preparation for exams. A recurring attribute of this literature is the absence of meaningful incentives for students to forecast accurately. We implement an extra credit scheme to incentivize accurate forecasts. Depending on how forecast bias is measured, the scheme mitigates bias by top-performing students and marginally mitigates bias by other students. Our results have several implications. First, we illustrate an extra credit tool instructors can use to incentivize students to make more thoughtful assessments of their future exam performance. Second, we show how the association between incentives and forecast bias differs across student groups. Finally, we show that results in this literature are sensitive to how bias is measured.     

Geography of Italian student mobility: A network analysis approach

Understanding the phenomenon of intra- and international student mobility has become increasingly relevant to the organization of tertiary education systems. Using microdata information provided by the Italian National Student Archive on the cohorts of students enrolled at university in the academic years 2011–12 and 2014–15, we consider a network analysis approach to investigate the incoming and outgoing student flows between territories and universities. More specifically, the paper aims to shed light on the dynamics of Italian student mobility networks at both the bachelor's and master's degree levels by considering attractiveness indicators combined with network centrality measures, clustering techniques for network data and explanatory models. We analyze the partition of the global network structure by means of blockmodeling analysis and we explain the determinants of the differences among universities in attracting students adopting a quantile regression analysis.     

Enhancing the study abroad experience: A longitudinal analysis of hospitality-oriented,study abroad program evaluations

Research suggests numerous benefits associated with studying abroad. Given the increasingly global nature of the world, it would seem that there is a significant need for international exposure; however, only 1.4% of U.S. students have studied abroad. This study examined program evaluations from 11 short-term undergraduate study abroad programs encompassing a span of 9 years. A total of 185 participants completed the survey using evaluations designed for program improvement, which were collected at the conclusion of each experience. Data were examined using a mixed-methods approach with the goal of identifying programmatic characteristics that contributed to increased student satisfaction. Results indicated that students' preferences were prioritized in terms of logistics, culture, and pleasure. In addition, the engagement and source of experience significantly influenced students' satisfaction with their study abroad experience, implying that students prefer programs with active components and local guides. Findings were examined in light of Mezirow's Transformative Learning Theory.     

Students' summer tourism: Determinants of length of stay (LOS)

Studies scrutinizing the economic aspects of student tourism at the micro-level are rare in the literature. Set against this background, the present study examines the variation in a sample of Norwegian students' length of stay at summer vacation destinations in 2014. Three estimation methods – an OLS regression model, a Weibull survival model and a zero-truncated negative binomial regression model – provide qualitatively similar results regarding how a number of determinants affect length of stay. In particular, the results show that daily trip costs, booking time, tourism and trip motives, trip month and gender explain much of the variation in length of stay. Of special interest is the comparison of two segments differing on when trip duration is determined: the “pre-fixed” returners (75% of the sample) and the “open” returners (25%). In this regard, the results suggest that the “open” returners stay longer on their trips than the “pre-fixed” ones. Finally, the study provides some implications for future length of stay research.     

浅谈高校辅导员如何做好学生管理工作

随着教育体制的深入改革与开展,高等院校在校学生人数增长迅速。辅导员是学生班级和校方之间联系的桥梁,同时也是整个班级管理的教育者和指导者,班级管理在学校教育教学中有着举足轻重的地位。     

西安市《第三套全国中小学生系列广播体操》实施情况的调查分析

《第三套全国中小学生系列广播体操》于2008年9月开始在全国推广,通过对西安市中小学校《第三套全国中小学生系列广播体操》实施情况的分析,指出西安市中小学校《第三套全国中小学生系列广播体操》实施的成功所在;同时分析影响《第三套全国中小学生系列广播体操》实施所存在的一些问题,为更好的促进本套操的实施提出建议性对策。     

商业银行国家助学贷款之风险分析

文章着重论述了国家助学贷款的信贷风险问题,指出国家助学贷款是一种财政贴息无担保的信用贷款,是一项公共政策;提出防范助学贷款的信贷风险,需要构建以国家征信体系为基础的社会诚信环境,完善全国性的个人征信信息系统,大力推广生源地贷款,创建助学贷款的风险管理系统。     

试论大学生党员在和谐校园建设中的作用

建设和谐校园是构建社会主义和谐社会的必然要求。大学生党员作为高校学生群体中的先进分子,是推进和谐校园建设的重要力量。必须要充分发挥大学生党员在和谐校园建设中的重要作用。     

基于学生“内需”的《思想道德修养与法律基础》课的教学反思

本文主要基于学生“内需”的角度,探究《思想道德修养与法律基础》课程的教学现状,多途径了解学生“内需”,创新《思想道德修养与法律基础》课程的教学内容和教学方法,以期收到更好的教学效果.     

当前高校大学生非正式群体的形成与管理策略探析

随着社会经济的快速发展,大学生非正式群体在高校已普遍存在,在其学习生活中起着日益重要的作用。高校教育工作者,要密切关注大学生非正式群体,认真分析当前大学生非正式群体的形成原因及特征,从而对大学生非正式群体的管理提出行之有效的策略,以充分发挥其积极作用,促进学生素质全面发展及和谐文明大学校园建设。