Johnson, Helen, Mcnally, Sandra, Rolfe, Heather, Ruiz-Valenzuela, Jenifer ORCID: 0000-0002-7238-2074, Savage, Robert, Vousden, Janet and Wood, Clare (2019) Teaching assistants, computers and classroom management. Labour Economics, 58. pp. 21-36. ISSN 0927-5371
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Abstract
Many students still leave school without a good grasp of basic literacy, despite the negative implications for future educational and labour market outcomes. We evaluate how resources may be used within classrooms to reinforce the teaching of literacy. Specifically, teaching assistants are trained to deliver a tightly structured package of materials to groups of young children aged 5-6. The training is randomly allocated between and within schools. Within schools, teaching assistants are randomly assigned to receive training in either computer-aided instruction or the paper equivalent. Both interventions have a short-term impact on children’s reading scores, although the effect is bigger for the paper intervention and more enduring in the subsequent year. This paper shows how teaching assistants can be used to better effect within schools, and at a low cost.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | © 2019 The Authors |
Divisions: | Centre for Economic Performance |
Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
JEL classification: | I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education > I21 - Analysis of Education |
Date Deposited: | 26 Feb 2019 14:00 |
Last Modified: | 04 Oct 2024 01:57 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/100136 |
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