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ERIC Number: ED648123
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Mar
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Apart but Connected: Online Tutoring,Cognitive Outcomes, and Soft Skills. Working Paper 32272
Michela Carlana; Eliana La Ferrara
National Bureau of Economic Research
We study the Tutoring Online Program (TOP), where: (i) tutoring is entirely online; (ii) tutors are volunteer university students, matched with underprivileged middle school students. We leverage random assignment to estimate effects during and after the pandemic (2020 and 2022), investigating channels of impact. Three hours of individual tutoring per week increased math performance by 0.23 SD in 2020 and 0.20 SD in 2022. Higher-dosage yielded stronger effects, while group tutoring smaller effects. TOP enhanced students' aspirations, socio-emotional skills and psychological well-being, but only during school closures. We also estimate the impact of TOP on tutors, finding increases in empathy. [This report received financial support from the Cariplo Foundation.]
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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