“I’ll Be There”: Improving Online Class Attendance with a Commitment Nudge during COVID-19

Class attendance is an important predictor of academic success, but students encounter behavioral barriers preventing them from attending. In this experimental study, we investigated a commitment intervention to improve online among university (n = 973) during the COVID-19 pandemic. condition, asked commit attending all classes and divided group into who made those did not commit. The data was analyzed psychological perspective (the effect on individuals responded positively request) policy for that received request). No found when comparing students’ in condition control attended class more often than non-committing condition. Exploratory analyses revealed course with lower attendance, indicating ceiling possibly prevented showing results regarding attendance. However, exploratory also selection bias as possible explanation effects. Additionally, backfired students, reducing their Future research should focus different strategies