How much can we remedy very low learning levels in rural parts of low-income countries? Impact and generalizability of a multi-pronged para-teacher intervention from a cluster-randomized trial in the Gambia
| العنوان: | How much can we remedy very low learning levels in rural parts of low-income countries? Impact and generalizability of a multi-pronged para-teacher intervention from a cluster-randomized trial in the Gambia |
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| المؤلفون: | Chris Frost, Pei-Tseng Jenny Hsieh, Peter Boone, Diana Elbourne, A. Camara, Maitri Sivaraman, Momodou Bah, Piotr Gawron, Chitra Jayanty, Alex Eble, Baboucarr Bouy, Stijn Vansteelandt, Tony Brady |
| المصدر: | JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Medical education, Economics and Econometrics, business.industry, media_common.quotation_subject, 05 social sciences, education, Psychological intervention, Primary education, Developing country, Social Sciences, Development, Coaching, Literacy, Business and Economics, Numeracy, Intervention (counseling), 0502 economics and business, Cluster randomised controlled trial, 050207 economics, business, Psychology, 050205 econometrics, media_common |
| الوصف: | Despite large schooling and learning gains in many developing countries, children in highly deprived areas are often unlikely to achieve even basic literacy and numeracy. We study how much of this problem can be resolved using a multi-pronged intervention combining three interventions known to be separately effective. We conducted a cluster-randomized trial in The Gambia evaluating a literacy and numeracy intervention designed for primary-aged children in remote parts of poor countries. The intervention combines para teachers delivering after-school supplementary classes, scripted lesson plans, and frequent monitoring focusing on improving teacher practice (coaching). A similar intervention previously demonstrated large learning gains in rural India. After three academic years, Gambian children allocated to the intervention scored 46 percentage points (3.2 SD) better on a combined literacy and numeracy test than control children. Our results demonstrate that, in this type of area, aggressive interventions can yield far greater learning gains than previously shown. |
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| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 0304-3878 1872-6089 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::d9fb2ab92b3030f678a9c706729a5bbfTest https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8688737Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....d9fb2ab92b3030f678a9c706729a5bbf |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 03043878 18726089 |
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