Do crowded classrooms crowd out learning?: evidence from the Food for Education Programme in Bangladesh

Akhter Ahmed (a.ahmed@cgiar.org) and Mary Arends-Kuenning

No 149, FCND discussion papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: The concern that learning performance may be adversely affected by increased class size appears to be unfounded. But unchecked, the negative peer effect could hinder student achievement.

Keywords: education; schoolchildren; foods; nutrition education; food aid; time use patterns; Bangladesh; Southern Asia; Oceania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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