Kawarazaki, Hikaru;
Mahmud, Minhaj;
Sawada, Yasuyuki;
Seki, Mai;
(2023)
Haste Makes No Waste: Positive Peer Effects of Classroom Speed Competition on Learning.
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
10.1111/obes.12545.
(In press).
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Abstract
This study investigates the effects of speed competition in classrooms on young pupils' learning outcomes. To examine how faster peers' speed affects slower pupils' speed and learning, we employ students' daily progress data in a self-learning programme at BRAC primary schools in Bangladesh. The programme's unique setting allows us to address the reflection problem reasonably well. While speed competition could generate negative consequences, our results show overall positive peer effects on problem-solving time and scores. The effects are stronger among peers with similar abilities, without negatively affecting others. Our results show efficiency gains from non-market competition in education and learning.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Haste Makes No Waste: Positive Peer Effects of Classroom Speed Competition on Learning |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/obes.12545 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12545 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Economics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10167302 |
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