A cellphone-based tutoring program has proven to be effective in improving the math skills of Filipino students by 40 percent, according to a recent study conducted by a nonprofit organization, Innovations for Poverty Action. | janebautistaINQ /PDI
A total of 3,492 Grades 3 and 4 students from 110 schools in Mimaropa provinces, as well as the cities of Calapan and Puerto Princesa, Western Visayas and Zamboanga Peninsula regions participated in the eight-week program that started in August 2021.
IPA said the results showed that the mEducation program increased the number of students who could solve arithmetic problems involving all basic operations, with six out of every 100 participants able to solve math problems compared to those who did not undergo the tutoring intervention. The approach also used tutoring elements and a strategy called “Teaching at the Right Level” to improve learning outcomes.
Both components, the SMS and phone calls, were tested to see if these were necessary to achieve a positive impact on the students’ numeracy skills.Of the five participating countries, the study said the results showed “consistently large and robust effect sizes of phone call tutorials on learning across contexts.”
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