Zanzibar : Can Goal-setting and Incentives Improve Student Performance?

Zanzibar : Can Goal-setting and Incentives Improve Student Performance?

The Results in Education for All Children (REACH) Trust Fund at the World Bank funded an evaluation that measured how two different incentive approaches affected the academic performance of grade 9 students in Zanzibar (Tanzania). The first approac...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
EDUCATION QUALITY
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
SECONDARY EDUCATION
CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS
EDUCATION FINANCE
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT LEARNING
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/762451552558715438/Zanzibar-Can-Goal-setting-and-Incentives-Improve-Student-Performance
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spelling okr-10986-337012021-05-25T10:54:44Z Zanzibar : Can Goal-setting and Incentives Improve Student Performance? World Bank EDUCATION QUALITY STUDENT PERFORMANCE SECONDARY EDUCATION CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS EDUCATION FINANCE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT LEARNING The Results in Education for All Children (REACH) Trust Fund at the World Bank funded an evaluation that measured how two different incentive approaches affected the academic performance of grade 9 students in Zanzibar (Tanzania). The first approach allowed students to set personal goals at the beginning of the school year regarding their performance by the end of the year. The second approach combined this goal-setting exercise with non-financial rewards such as certificates or in-kind prizes for students who met their goals. These approaches were designed to answer the following questions: (i) whether students setting goals for themselves has any effect on their performance in school and (ii) whether this effect is strengthened when combined with non-financial incentives. 2020-05-05T16:38:21Z 2020-05-05T16:38:21Z 2019-02 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/762451552558715438/Zanzibar-Can-Goal-setting-and-Incentives-Improve-Student-Performance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33701 English RBF Education; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Tanzania
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topic EDUCATION QUALITY
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
SECONDARY EDUCATION
CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS
EDUCATION FINANCE
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT LEARNING
spellingShingle EDUCATION QUALITY
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
SECONDARY EDUCATION
CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS
EDUCATION FINANCE
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT LEARNING
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description The Results in Education for All Children (REACH) Trust Fund at the World Bank funded an evaluation that measured how two different incentive approaches affected the academic performance of grade 9 students in Zanzibar (Tanzania). The first approach allowed students to set personal goals at the beginning of the school year regarding their performance by the end of the year. The second approach combined this goal-setting exercise with non-financial rewards such as certificates or in-kind prizes for students who met their goals. These approaches were designed to answer the following questions: (i) whether students setting goals for themselves has any effect on their performance in school and (ii) whether this effect is strengthened when combined with non-financial incentives.
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title Zanzibar : Can Goal-setting and Incentives Improve Student Performance?
title_short Zanzibar : Can Goal-setting and Incentives Improve Student Performance?
title_full Zanzibar : Can Goal-setting and Incentives Improve Student Performance?
title_fullStr Zanzibar : Can Goal-setting and Incentives Improve Student Performance?
title_full_unstemmed Zanzibar : Can Goal-setting and Incentives Improve Student Performance?
title_sort zanzibar : can goal-setting and incentives improve student performance?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/762451552558715438/Zanzibar-Can-Goal-setting-and-Incentives-Improve-Student-Performance
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