TY - GEN
T1 - The behavioral economics of instructional decision making
AU - Hixson, Cory
AU - Cutler, Stephanie
AU - Pembridge, James J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/11/28
Y1 - 2016/11/28
N2 - Faculty members' decisions to alter teaching practices is often driven and restricted by both institutional and personal factors [1]. When examining these factors, faculty make judgments as a mechanism to evaluate the cost-benefit of enacting such a change. Behavioral economics concepts, such as satisficing, meliorating, path dependence, and bounded rationality [2], provide a lens to examine if and how faculty decide to alter a teaching practice or implement an evidence-based instructional practice. This special session engages participants in an agent-based simulation to examine faculty members' responses to stimuli that may affect their decision to change their instructional practices. The simulation will result in a model that can be used by faculty and instructional specialists to further analyze and support the use of evidence-based instructional practices.
AB - Faculty members' decisions to alter teaching practices is often driven and restricted by both institutional and personal factors [1]. When examining these factors, faculty make judgments as a mechanism to evaluate the cost-benefit of enacting such a change. Behavioral economics concepts, such as satisficing, meliorating, path dependence, and bounded rationality [2], provide a lens to examine if and how faculty decide to alter a teaching practice or implement an evidence-based instructional practice. This special session engages participants in an agent-based simulation to examine faculty members' responses to stimuli that may affect their decision to change their instructional practices. The simulation will result in a model that can be used by faculty and instructional specialists to further analyze and support the use of evidence-based instructional practices.
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U2 - 10.1109/FIE.2016.7757666
DO - 10.1109/FIE.2016.7757666
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85006744642
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
BT - FIE 2016 - Frontiers in Education 2016
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 46th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2016
Y2 - 12 October 2016 through 15 October 2016
ER -