Improving Student Performance in a Management Science Course With Supplemental Tutorial Videos

Abstract

The authors describe the implementation and assessment of supplementary online video tutorials in a management science course. The videos were a mix of existing videos curated from the web and new videos created by the instructors of the course. Students were encouraged to use the resources with grade incentives. Students who used more of these resources performed significantly better in the course. In addition, most of the students perceived the videos as helpful.

Keywords:

• instructional podcasts
• management science
• supplements
• tutorial videos

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A preliminary version of this article was published in the Proceedings of the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, March 2014 (Winch, 2014). The authors would like to thank Dr. Chu-hua Kuei of Pace University for his invaluable assistance in planning the video tutorial project and curating existing videos.