Remote Parent Coaching in Preschool Mathematics: Evidence from Peru

Emma Näslund-Hadley, Juan Manuel Hernández Agramonte, Carolina Méndez and Fernando Fernandez

No 12367, IDB Publications (Working Papers) from Inter-American Development Bank

Abstract: We evaluated the effects of a 10-week intervention that randomly provided access to remote training to parents of preschool children during summer vacations in Peru. In response to learning losses during COVID-19-induced school closures, educational coaches offered guidance and support to parents in activities designed to accelerate the development of foundational math skills. We found that the intervention improved cognitive scores in mathematics by 0.12 standard deviations. Furthermore, we show that remote trainers increase the likelihood and frequency of parental involvement in math-related activities, suggesting that improvements in learning are driven by greater parental involvement in children's skill development.

Keywords: Preschool learning; education technologies; interactive radioinstruction; parent engagement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 I24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-08
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DOI: 10.18235/0004403

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