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激励利用教科书自学:来自刚果民主共和国的实验证据

Incentivising Textbooks for Self-Study: Experimental Evidence from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Economic Journal · 2024 · Jean‐Benoît Falisse、Marieke Huysentruyt、Anders Olofsgård

中文摘要

我们设计了一项旨在提高刚果民主共和国东部地区小学生学业成绩的自学计划,并通过随机评估考察了该计划中教科书的影响。处理组学校的学生通过全国考试的概率高出7个百分点,且通过考试者的得分更高。我们还发现,学生在法语测试中的得分也更高。这些效应主要由学生对教科书的兴趣、做作业的频率以及上学和继续受教育的动机所驱动。因此,在贫困且脆弱的环境中,通过加强现有学习材料的使用并使其使用方式多样化,可以提高学生的学业成绩。

Abstract

Abstract We designed and randomly evaluated the impact of textbooks for a self-study scheme in eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo targeting student achievement in primary schools. Students in treatment schools were 7 percentage points more likely to pass the national exam, and those who passed obtained higher scores. We also evidence higher scores on a French language test. The effects are primarily driven by student interest in textbooks, frequency of doing homework and motivation to go to school and continue education. Student achievement can thus be improved by intensified and diversified use of existing learning materials in poor and fragile settings.
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