Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
9-2025
Abstract
We conducted a randomized experiment to study the impacts of a summer learning camp and the language of instruction on education outcomes. The program, covering social studies and mathematics, provided additional high-quality learning time for 4th and 5th graders in Malawi. The program significantly increased test scores in social studies and mathematics (0.24–0.36 standard deviations). We find suggestive evidence that the impact on test scores in social studies was greater for students instructed in Chichewa, the local language, than for those instructed in English. However, we find no such evidence of differential impacts on test scores in mathematics by the language of instruction.
Keywords
learning camp, language of instruction, primary school education
Discipline
Growth and Development | International and Comparative Education
Research Areas
Applied Microeconomics
Publication
Economic Development and Cultural Change
ISSN
0013-0079
Identifier
10.1086/739150
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Citation
KIM, Hyuncheol Bryant. and KIM.
Learning camp, language of instruction, and education outcomes: Evidence from a field experiment in Malawi. (2025). Economic Development and Cultural Change.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2849
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1086/739150