Share Paper: The Effect of Precommitment on Student Achievement within a Project-Based Learning Environment

  1. Qiang Hao, Learning, Design and Technology, University of Georgia, United States
  2. Robert Branch, Learning, Design and Technology, University of Georgia, United States
  3. Lucas Jensen, Georgia Southern University, United States
Tuesday, March 22 10:45 AM-11:15 AM Verelst

Abstract: This study investigated the effect of precommitment on college students’ goal setting and academic performance, and students’ attitude towards precommitment-related activities. Precommitment refers to a procedure in which students set up learning goals, possibly with a time limit at the beginning of a learning phase, then report the comparison between their goals and actual learning progress to their peers and teachers by the end of the learning phase. This study used a single-group repeated-measures design. 41 students from a large university in the southeastern United States participated in the study. Multivariate analysis of variance indicated that precommitment was significantly effective ...