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This paper presents results from a randomized control trial in which approximately 1,000 OLPC XO laptops were provided for home use to children attending primary schools in Lima, Peru. The intervention increased access and use of home computers, with some substitution away from computer use...
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La implementación según lo planeado del Programa "Una laptop por niño" no alcanzó para resolver las dificultades de un diseño que pone su confianza en el papel de las tecnologías por sí mismas. El uso de tecnologías en educación no es una solución mágica y rápida, mediante la cual se...
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This paper examines a large-scale randomized evaluation of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program in 531 rural primary schools, as implemented by the Peruvian government starting in 2009. We use administrative and survey data on academic achievement and grade progression through 2019 to...
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We examine whether highlighting streaks encourages 4th to 6th grade students in Peru to increase their use of an online math platform and improve learning. Sixty thousand students were randomly assigned to receive messages that i) highlighted streaks, ii) provided personalized reminders with...
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This paper provides experimental evidence for the impact of home internet access on a broad range of child outcomes in Peru. Children who were randomly chosen to receive laptops with high-speed internet access are compared with i) those who did not receive laptops and ii) those who only received...
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This report presents initial findings from the third round of data collection by Young Lives in Peru, carried out from late 2009 to early 2010 with two age cohorts of children. It gives a broad outline of some of the key indicators of childhood poverty and changes that have taken place in the...
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La investigación educativa muestra una estrecha correlación entre el rendimiento de los estudiantes peruanos y su nivel socioeconómico (NSE). En este documento se usan datos del estudio longitudinal Niños del Milenio para analizar si las oportunidades de aprendizaje (ODA) en matemática de...
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El propósito del presente artículo es presentar y discutir el conocimiento acumulado en cuatro evaluaciones nacionales (EN) y dos internacionales (EI) del rendimiento escolar realizadas en los últimos diez años, conducidas por la Unidad de Medición de la Calidad Educativa (UMC). La UMC es...
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El propósito de este trabajo es analizar la siguiente proposición: las diferencias en la calidad de vida y, más específicamente, las que afectan el desarrollo psicobiológico entre los 0 y los 5 años de edad de niñas, niños y adolescentes en el Perú, contribuyen a la variación de sus...
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This paper provides experimental evidence for the impact of home internet access on a broad range of child outcomes in Peru. Children who were randomly chosen to receive laptops with high-speed internet access are compared with i) those who did not receive laptops and ii) those who only received...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011926187