Improving Elementary Mathematics Education in Nicaragua: An Experimental Study of the Impact of Textbooks and Radio on Achievement.

Jamison, Dean T.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1981-Aug

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Improving Elementary Mathematics Education in Nicaragua: An Experimental Study of the Impact of Textbooks and Radio on Achievement.

Jamison, Dean T.; And Others

Journal of Educational Psychology, v73 n4 p556-67 Aug 1981

This article reports an experimental study of the impact of textbook availability on mathematics achievement of students in Nicaraguan first-grade classes. This intervention is compared with control classes in which textbooks are rare and with a radio-based instructional program using student worksheets. (Author/GK)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Media, Educational Radio, Elementary School Mathematics, Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Instructional Improvement, Primary Education, Textbooks

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Nicaragua

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