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Aprendiendo con las XO : el impacto del Plan Ceibal en el aprendizaje

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  • Mery Ferrando

    (Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración. Instituto de Economí­a)

  • Alina Machado

    (Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración. Instituto de Economí­a)

  • Ivone Perazzo

    (Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración. Instituto de Economí­a)

  • Adriana Vernengo

    (Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración. Instituto de Economí­a)

Abstract

This research estimates the impact of Plan Ceibal in students' achievement at public primary school in Uruguay. Plan Ceibal is the first national model of One Laptop per Child (OLPC) which is being carried out in Uruguay since 2007 in some provinces, but reached national scale during 2009. The program consists in the distribution of one laptop to every child in public primary schools. We analyze the effects of the program on learning achievement on mathematics and language. We also evaluate effects on other important outcomes such as children's satisfaction with school, parents and teachers' perceptions towards children motivation, and teachers' commitment with the Plan. Even though the effects of Information and Communications Technologies on learning have been debated and there is not a consensual conclusion, in this research we find that Plan Ceibal has a positive impact on children's achievement in mathematics in the regions of the country analyzed, but we did not find any impact on learning achievement on language. These results are verified in different specifications of the model, and also when we apply DD with PSM. It holds both when we evaluate all children and when the analysis is restricted to 6th. graders. The estimation of the incremental effect is close to one fifth of standard deviations from the mean.

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  • Mery Ferrando & Alina Machado & Ivone Perazzo & Adriana Vernengo, 2011. "Aprendiendo con las XO : el impacto del Plan Ceibal en el aprendizaje," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 11-03, Instituto de Economía - IECON.
    • Handle: RePEc:ulr:wpaper:dt-03-11
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    Cited by:

    1. Nerea Gómez-Fernández & Mauro Mediavilla, 2018. "Do information and communication technologies (ICT) improve educational outcomes? Evidence for Spain in PISA 2015," Working Papers 2018/20, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB).
    2. de Melo Gioia & Machado Alina & Miranda Alfonso, 2014. "The Impact of a One Laptop per Child Program on Learning: Evidence from Uruguay," Working Papers 2014-22, Banco de México.
    3. Rebecca Stone & Thomas de Hoop & Andrea Coombes & Pooja Nakamura, 2020. "What works to improve early grade literacy in Latin America and the Caribbean? A systematic review and meta‐analysis," Campbell Systematic Reviews, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 16(1), March.

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    Keywords

    impact evaluation; learning; computers; Plan Ceibal;
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    JEL classification:

    • H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy

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