Development of early mathematical skills with a tablet intervention: a randomized control trial in Malawi

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Development of early mathematical skills with a tablet intervention: a randomized control trial in Malawi

Evaluation of educational interventions is necessary prior to wide-scale rollout. Yet very few rigorous studies have been conducted on the effectiveness of tablet-based interventions, especially in the early years and in developing countries. This study reports a randomized control trial to evaluate...

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Main Author:	Pitchford, Nicola J.
Format:	Article
Published:	Frontier Media 2015
Subjects:	Tablets; Technology; Primary school; Mathematics; Intervention; Evaluation; Randomized control trial
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33845/

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