Through this review we have sought to further understanding of the state of preprimary, primary, and secondary numeracy education in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Research on the opportunities available to students in the region presents a troubling picture. Young people are not being...

Primary-school students in Argentina score low in international assessments of learning, particularly in math and science. To help remedy this situation, the Inter-American Development Bank is supporting a pilot study to identify pedagogical models that will enhance learning.

Our interest in understanding the determinants of adolescent childbearing and how adolescent childbearing influences educational trajectories derive from a concern about the inverse relationship between educational outcomes and adolescent fertility. Through in-depth interviews with 118 women, we...

Primary-school students in Argentina score low in international assessments of learning, particularly in math and science. To help remedy this situation, the Inter-American Development Bank is supporting a pilot study to identify pedagogical models that will enhance learning.

In today's knowledge-based societies, understanding basic scientific concepts and the capacity to structure and solve scientific questions is more critical than ever. Accordingly, in this paper we test an innovative methodology for teaching science and environment in public primary schools where...

Los estudiantes de primaria en Argentina obtienen resultados bajos en las pruebas internacionales de aprendizaje, particularmente en el área de Matemática y Ciencias. Con el fin de revertir esta situación, el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo está aplicando un estudio piloto para...

On June 7, 2010, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) hosted an expert seminar in Washington DC entitled "An Even Start: Numeracy Education in Latin America and the Caribbean." The seminar aimed to share some of the initiatives implemented under the IDB's Numeracy initiative, which is...

Peru's Ministry of Education has partnered with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and LEGO Education to develop a program that helps children improve their ability to solve scientific problems using a set of curriculum materials that is affordable and can be brought to a national scale....

¿Qué sucede realmente dentro del aula de matemáticas en los países latinoamericanos? ¿Los docentes de los países con mejor rendimiento enseñan matemáticas de manera distinta a los de países con menor desempeño? El BID entró en las aulas de matemáticas de tres países, para explorar...

Argentina y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) unieron fuerzas para poner a prueba un nuevo modelo de educación en matemáticas llamado Matemáticas para Todos (MAT). El aprendizaje mejoró después de sólo un año académico con progresos particularmente significativos entre los...