Haste Makes No Waste: Positive Peer Effects of Classroom Speed Competition on Learning-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Haste Makes No Waste: Positive Peer Effects of Classroom Speed Competition on Learning

Published:2023-02-16 Issue:4 Volume:85 Page:755-772
ISSN:0305-9049
Container-title:Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
language:en
Short-container-title:Oxf Bull Econ Stat

Author:

Kawarazaki Hikaru¹²,Mahmud Minhaj³⁴^ORCID,Sawada Yasuyuki⁵^ORCID,Seki Mai⁶

Affiliation:

1. Department of Economics University College London 30 Gordon Street, Kings Cross London WC1H 0AX UK

2. Institute for Fiscal Studies 7 Ridgmount Street London United Kingdom

3. Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department Asian Development Bank 6 ADB Avenue Mandaluyong City 1550 Metro Manila Philippines

4. Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies E‐17 Agargaon Sher‐e‐Bangla Nagar Dhaka 1207 Bangladesh

5. Faculty of Economics University of Tokyo 7 Chome‐3‐ 1 Hongo, Bunkyo Tokyo 113 8654 Japan

6. Faculty of Economics Ritsumeikan University 1‐1‐1 Nojihigarhi Kusatsu Shiga 525‐8577 Japan

Abstract

AbstractThis 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.

Funder

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty,Economics and Econometrics,Social Sciences (miscellaneous),Statistics and Probability

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/obes.12545

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