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- Title
The Limitations of Activity-Based Instruction to Improve the Productivity of Schooling.
- Authors
de Barros, Andreas; Fajardo-Gonzalez, Johanna; Glewwe, Paul; Sankar, Ashwini
- Abstract
There is substantial emphasis on improving classroom practices, primarily through activity-based instruction, to increase the productivity of schooling. We study a large programme that seeks to promote mathematics learning in government primary schools in India. Through a cluster-randomised trial we find that the programme increased activity-based instruction, but yielded only muted impacts on learning. We provide a potential explanation: school value-added models suggest a negative relationship between activity-based instruction and test score gains. Our findings are robust to adding a community-engagement component to the intervention. These results highlight the limitations of activity-based instruction programmes for increasing school productivity.
- Subjects
INDIA; PRIMARY schools; TEST scoring; VALUE-added assessment (Education); LEARNING
- Publication
Economic Journal, 2024, Vol 134, Issue 659, p959
- ISSN
0013-0133
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ej/uead099