TY - JOUR
T1 - Can technology improve the classroom experience in primary education?
T2 - An African experiment on a worldwide program
AU - Cardim, Joana
AU - Molina-Millán, Teresa
AU - Vicente, Pedro C.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank seminar and conference participants at NEUDC, IFS, and NOVAFRICA for useful comments. We are grateful to Ana Margarida Araújo, Carine Canonici, Sara Queirós, Xaver Schenker, and Sara Vaz for outstanding field coordination and/or research assistance. We also convey a word of appreciation to all the enumerators we worked with in this project. We acknowledge funding from la Caixa Foundation, Spain. This work was also funded by Fundac̨ão para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal (SFRH/BD/131707/2017, UID/ECO/00124/2013, UID/ECO/00124/2019), POR Lisboa, Portugal (LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-007722, LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-022209) and POR Norte, Portugal (LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-022209). Teresa Molina-Millán acknowledges financial support from Generalitat Valenciana, Spain CDEIGENT/2020/016 and from the Spanish Ministry of the Economy and Competitiveness, Grant ECO2017-87069-P. Ethics clearance was given by Universidade Nova de Lisboa. All remaining errors are our responsibility.
Funding Information:
We thank seminar and conference participants at NEUDC, IFS, and NOVAFRICA for useful comments. We are grateful to Ana Margarida Araújo, Carine Canonici, Sara Queirós, Xaver Schenker, and Sara Vaz for outstanding field coordination and/or research assistance. We also convey a word of appreciation to all the enumerators we worked with in this project. We acknowledge funding from la Caixa Foundation, Spain . This work was also funded by Fundac̨ão para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal ( SFRH/BD/131707/2017 , UID/ECO/00124/2013 , UID/ECO/00124/2019 ), POR Lisboa, Portugal ( LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-007722 , LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-022209 ) and POR Norte, Portugal ( LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-022209 ). Teresa Molina-Millán acknowledges financial support from Generalitat Valenciana, Spain CDEIGENT/2020/016 and from the Spanish Ministry of the Economy and Competitiveness , Grant ECO2017-87069-P . Ethics clearance was given by Universidade Nova de Lisboa. All remaining errors are our responsibility.
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PY - 2023/9
Y1 - 2023/9
N2 - Primary school coverage has been increasing in most developing countries. Yet, it has not been accompanied by significant improvements in learning indicators. We implemented a randomized experiment in Angola around the introduction of ProFuturo, a worldwide educational program. The program includes a Computer-assisted Learning (CAL) software directed at improving the regular classroom experience. One year after the program started, we find higher familiarity with technology. Teachers miss fewer days of classes and implement better teaching practices. Students become more interested in learning and pro-social. Finally, the program improves students’ test scores but only in the most popular subject in the CAL platform.
AB - Primary school coverage has been increasing in most developing countries. Yet, it has not been accompanied by significant improvements in learning indicators. We implemented a randomized experiment in Angola around the introduction of ProFuturo, a worldwide educational program. The program includes a Computer-assisted Learning (CAL) software directed at improving the regular classroom experience. One year after the program started, we find higher familiarity with technology. Teachers miss fewer days of classes and implement better teaching practices. Students become more interested in learning and pro-social. Finally, the program improves students’ test scores but only in the most popular subject in the CAL platform.
KW - Africa
KW - Angola
KW - CAL
KW - Computer-assisted learning
KW - Field experiment, RCT
KW - Primary education
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85165565904&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103145
DO - 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103145
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85165565904
SN - 0304-3878
VL - 164
JO - Journal of Development Economics
JF - Journal of Development Economics
M1 - 103145
ER -