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Improving Primary Education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: End-Line Results of a Cluster-Randomized Wait-List Controlled Trial of Learning in a Healing Classroom

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العنوان: Improving Primary Education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: End-Line Results of a Cluster-Randomized Wait-List Controlled Trial of Learning in a Healing Classroom
اللغة: English
المؤلفون: Torrente, Catalina, Aber, John Lawrence, Starkey, Leighann, Johnston, Brian, Shivshanker, Anjuli, Weisenhorn, Nina, Annan, Jeannie, Seidman, Edward, Wolf, Sharon, Tubbs Dolan, Carly
المصدر: Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness. 2019 12(3):413-447.
الاتاحة: Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 35
تاريخ النشر: 2019
Sponsoring Agency: United States Agency for International Development, Academy for Educational Development
Contract Number: 623A1000023
نوع الوثيقة: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Improvement, Classroom Environment, Social Development, Emotional Development, Student Welfare, Elementary School Students, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Elementary School Teachers, Student Attitudes, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, War, Children, At Risk Students, Developing Nations, Teacher Motivation, Teacher Welfare, Teacher Burnout, Job Satisfaction, Job Performance
مصطلحات جغرافية: Congo
DOI: 10.1080/19345747.2018.1561963
تدمد: 1934-5747
مستخلص: We used a cluster-randomized, wait-list controlled trial to examine impacts of a school-based social-emotional learning intervention on Congolese students and teachers. Seventy-six school clusters in two groups (A and B) were randomized to treatment or control. The groups differed in geographic location, accessibility, exposure to violence, and external donor investment. We estimated causal impacts in Group A, tested whether those impacts were replicated in Group B, and conducted sensitivity analyses on the pooled sample. Pooled analyses had higher statistical power and were therefore more likely to represent the true average impacts of the program. Improvements in students' perceptions of school predictability and in addition and subtraction, geometry, and reading performance were specific to Group B. Only the effect on addition and subtraction remained significant in the pooled analysis. Improvements in teachers' sense of accomplishment were found in Group A and remained significant in the pooled analysis. We detected no impacts on other outcomes. School-based interventions embedding social-emotional learning principles into the academic curricula are a promising but not yet proven approach to improving children's outcomes in low-income countries affected by war.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2019
رقم الانضمام: EJ1229045
قاعدة البيانات: ERIC
الوصف
تدمد:1934-5747
DOI:10.1080/19345747.2018.1561963