Alberto Motta
Biographic Data
| ID | 5806328 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alberto Motta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alberto |
| FAMILY NAME | Motta |
| SIGNATURE | MOTTA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Are serious games seriously good at preparing students for clinical practice
Purpose Serious games (SGs) have great potential for pediatric medical education. This study evaluated the efficacy of a SG in improving learner satisfaction, knowledge, and behavior.Materials and methods This was an investigator-blinded randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing a SG against two controls: (i) adaptive tutorial (AT), and (ii) low-stimulus control (LSC). SG is a highly immersive role-playing game in a virtual hospital. AT deliver…
Relative Performance Feedback in Education
In a one-year randomised controlled trial involving thousands of university students, we provide real-time private feedback on relative performance in a semester-long online assignment. Within this set-up, our experimental design cleanly identifies the behavioural response to rank incentives (i.e., incentives stemming from an inherent preference for high rank). We find that rank incentives boost performance in the related course assignment, but a…
Financing smallholder agriculture
Legalize, tax, and deter
A theory of interactions between MFIs and informal lenders
Financing smallholder agriculture
A theory of interactions between MFIs and informal lenders
Relative Performance Feedback in Education
In a one-year randomised controlled trial involving thousands of university students, we provide real-time private feedback on relative performance in a semester-long online assignment. Within this set-up, our experimental design cleanly identifies the behavioural response to rank incentives (i.e., incentives stemming from an inherent preference for high rank). We find that rank incentives boost performance in the related course assignment, but a…
A theory of interactions between MFIs and informal lenders
Legalize, tax, and deter
Financing smallholder agriculture
Relative Performance Feedback in Education
In a one-year randomised controlled trial involving thousands of university students, we provide real-time private feedback on relative performance in a semester-long online assignment. Within this set-up, our experimental design cleanly identifies the behavioural response to rank incentives (i.e., incentives stemming from an inherent preference for high rank). We find that rank incentives boost performance in the related course assignment, but a…
Are serious games seriously good at preparing students for clinical practice
Purpose Serious games (SGs) have great potential for pediatric medical education. This study evaluated the efficacy of a SG in improving learner satisfaction, knowledge, and behavior.Materials and methods This was an investigator-blinded randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing a SG against two controls: (i) adaptive tutorial (AT), and (ii) low-stimulus control (LSC). SG is a highly immersive role-playing game in a virtual hospital. AT deliver…
Economics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Incentive (2 works) · Land Rights and Reforms (2 works) · Market economy (2 works) · Microeconomics (2 works) · Microfinance (2 works) · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Agricultural economics (1 work)