Tackling the Gender Gap in Mathematics with Active Learning Methodologies

Arbeitspapier

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.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 14572

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Analysis of Education ; Education and Inequality ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Field Experiments
• Thema: gender gap ; mathematics ; school achievement ; primary school ; active learning ; teaching methodologies ; randomized controlled trial

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Di Tommaso, Maria Laura ; Contini, Dalit ; De Rosa, Dalila ; Ferrara, Francesca ; Piazzalunga, Daniela ; Robutti, Ornella
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (wo): Bonn
• (wann): 2021

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/245623
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ