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Online or on-campus? Analysing the effects of financial education on student knowledge gain.
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Evaluation and program planning [Eval Program Plann] 2023 Jun; Vol. 98, pp. 102273. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 09. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This paper describes the results of an experiment conducted in a technical university in Italy in 2019, involving the implementation and evaluation of an innovative short course on financial education. The programme applied a novel approach based on online learning and its effectiveness is compared against the effects of a traditional on-campus lecture, within an experimental setting. The findings indicate that the programme is effective: one week after taking the course, the students improved their pre-course test scores by about 4 points out of 10. No statistically significant difference in gains is found between students assigned to the online vs the on-campus mode of learning, suggesting a potential positive role of digital learning in this specific setting. An exploratory analysis of factors associated with the outcome reveal that the course has been particularly beneficial for those students initially less interested in finance.<br />Competing Interests: Declarations of interest None.<br /> (Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Humans
Program Evaluation
Educational Measurement
Curriculum
Students
Learning
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1873-7870
- Volume :
- 98
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Evaluation and program planning
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 36947949
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2023.102273