Tag
Pedagogy
5 findings
EducationBalsakhi Remedial Education ProgramRemedial education increased average test scores in treatment schools by 0.14 standard deviations in year 1 and 0.28 standard deviations in year 2, with targeted bottom-third children gaining 0.40 standard deviations and directly assigned children gaining 0.60 standard deviations.RCTEducationCurriculum-Instruction MismatchOnly 19.5% of Grade 3 children in Vadodara and 33.7% in Mumbai passed Grade 1 mathematics competencies; nationally across India, 44% of children aged 7-12 were unable to read a basic paragraph.Observational StudyDevelopmentVideo-Based Peer Modeling in Financial Literacy PedagogyCombining peer video motivation with concrete goal-setting generated a 19 percentage point increase in labor market participation (p < 0.01) and a 17 percentage point increase in business discussions with family (p < 0.05) among moderately restricted women.RCTEducationStandardized Pedagogy ScalabilityStandardized remedial pedagogy implemented by short-tenured paraprofessionals (average tenure of 1 year) achieved consistent test score gains of 0.28 standard deviations across multiple urban settings.RCTEducationTeacher-Student Social DistanceParaprofessionals sharing community backgrounds with students achieved 0.60 standard deviation learning gains, whereas formal teachers expressed social biases viewing instruction as doing a favor for disadvantaged groups.Observational Study