Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245623 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14572
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We implement a teaching methodology aimed at improving primary school children's mathematical skills. The methodology, grounded in active and cooperative learning, focuses on peer interaction, sharing of ideas, learning from mistakes, and problem solving. We evaluate the causal effect of the intervention on the gender gap in mathematics in Italy with a randomized controlled trial. The treatment significantly improves girls' math performance (0.14 s.d.), with no impact on boys, and reduces the math gender gap by more than 40%. The effect is stronger for girls with high pre-test scores.
Subjects: 
gender gap
mathematics
school achievement
primary school
active learning
teaching methodologies
randomized controlled trial
JEL: 
I21
I24
J16
C93
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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