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The Effects of Shared School Technology Access on Students Digital Skills in Peru

Bet, German; Cristia, Julián P.; Ibarrarán, Pablo - 2014

This paper analyzes the effects of increased shared computer access in secondary schools in Peru. Administrative data are used to identify, through propensity-score matching, two groups of schools with similar observable educational inputs but different intensity in computer access. Extensive...

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The Impact of a One Laptop per Child Program on Learning: Evidence from Uruguay

De Melo, Gioia; Machado, Alina; Miranda, Alfonso - 2014

We present evidence on the impact on students' math and reading scores of one of the largest deployments of an OLPC program and the only one implemented at a national scale: Plan Ceibal in Uruguay. Unlike previous work in the field, we have unique data that allow us to know the exact date of...

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Do Boys and Girls Use Computers Differently, and Does It Contribute to Why Boys Do Worse in School than Girls?

Fairlie, Robert W. - 2015

Boys are doing worse in school than are girls, which has been dubbed "the Boy Crisis". An analysis of the latest data on educational outcomes among boys and girls reveals extensive disparities in grades, reading and writing test scores, and other measurable educational outcomes, and these...

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Technology and Education: Computers, Software, and the Internet

Bulman, George; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2015

A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families and policymakers with the hope of improving … educational outcomes. This chapter explores the theoretical and empirical literature on the impacts of technology on educational … outcomes. The literature focuses on two primary contexts in which technology may be used for educational purposes: i) classroom …

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One-To-One Technology and Student Outcomes

Hull, Marie C.; Duch, Katherine - 2017

impact of a one-to-one technology program implemented on a large scale over a multiyear period. With administrative school …

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Technology and child development: Evidence from the one laptop per child program

Cristia, Julián P.; Ibarrarán, Pablo; Cueto, Santiago; … - 2012

Although many countries are aggressively implementing the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program, there is a lack of empirical evidence on its effects. This paper presents the impact of the first large-scale randomized evaluation of the OLPC program, using data collected after 15 months of...

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The Effects of Shared School Technology Access on Students Digital Skills in Peru

Bet, German; Cristia, Julián P.; Ibarrarán, Pablo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

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Technology and Child Development: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program

Cristia, Julián P.; Ibarrarán, Pablo; Cueto, Santiago; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Persistent link: https://ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10010884274

The Impact of a One Laptop per Child Program on Learning: Evidence from Uruguay

De Melo, Gioia; Machado, Alina; Miranda, Alfonso - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Persistent link: https://ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10010959827

The Effect of One Laptop per Child on Teachers' Pedagogical Practices and Students' Use of Time at Home

Yamada, Gustavo; Lavado, Pablo; Montenegro, Guadalupe - 2016

This document investigates the effect that the delivery of XO laptops in Peru has had on teachers' pedagogical practices and students' use of time in the home based on information from a randomized control trial. The results show that the delivery of XO laptops reduces the probability that...

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