Teaching Assistants, Computers and Classroom Management: Evidence from a Randomised Control Trial. CEP Discussion Paper No. 1562

Autor/inn/en	Johnson, Helen; McNally, Sandra; Rolfe, Heather; Ruiz-Valenzuela, Jenifer; Savage, Robert; Vousden, Janet; Wood, Clare
Institution	London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom), Centre for Economic Performance (CEP); Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) (United Kingdom)
Titel	Teaching Assistants, Computers and Classroom Management: Evidence from a Randomised Control Trial. CEP Discussion Paper No. 1562
Quelle	(2018), (45 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	2042-2695
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Teaching Assistants; Classroom Techniques; Literacy Education; Program Evaluation; Computer Assisted Instruction; Instructional Effectiveness; Preschool Children; Foreign Countries; Information Technology; Intervention; Reading Instruction; Reading Improvement; Reading Tests; Gender Differences; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassenführung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Unterrichtserfolg; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ausland; Informationstechnologie; Leseunterricht; Lesetest; Geschlechterkonflikt; Großbritannien
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 a programme that involves changing how resources are used within classrooms to reinforce the teaching of literacy. Specifically, the programme involves training teaching assistants to deliver a tightly structured package of materials to groups of young children. Further, we compare the effectiveness of computer-aided instruction using available software with the paper equivalent. We implement the experiment in the context of a Randomised Control Trial in English schools. 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. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/2/04