ERIC Number: EJ1447339
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 24
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1934-5747
EISSN: EISSN-1934-5739
Computer Assisted Learning and Academic Performance in Rural Taiwan
Yue Ma; Xinwu Zhang; Cody Abbey; Derek Hu; Oliver Lee; Weiting Hung; Chiayuan Chang; Chyi-In Wu; Dimitris Friesen; Scott Rozelle
Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, v17 n4 p1056-1079 2024
The objective of the current study is to examine the impact of an in-school computer-assisted learning (CAL) intervention on the math achievement of rural students in Taiwan, including a marginalized subgroup of rural students called Xinzhumin, and the factors associated with this impact. In order to achieve this, we conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial involving 1,840 fourth- and fifth-grade students at 95 schools in four relatively poor counties and municipalities of Taiwan during the spring semester of 2019. While the Intention-To-Treat (ITT) analysis found that the CAL intervention had no significant impacts on student math achievement, the Local Average Treatment Effect (LATE) analysis revealed significant associations with the math performance of the most active 20% of students in the treatment group. LATE estimates suggest that using CAL for more than 20 minutes per week for ten weeks corresponds to higher math test scores, both in general (0.16 SD-0.22 SD), and for Xinzhumin students specifically (0.3 SD-0.34 SD). Teacher-level characteristics were associated with compliance rates.
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Rural Youth, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Mathematics Achievement, Power Structure, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Asians, Immigrants, Counties, Municipalities, Student Characteristics, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Outcomes of Treatment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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