TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Tommaso, Maria Laura Di
AU  - Contini, Dalit
AU  - Rosa, Dalila De
AU  - Ferrara, Francesca
AU  - Piazzalunga, Daniela
AU  - Robutti, Ornella
        TI  - Tackling the Gender Gap in Mathematics with Active Learning Methodologies
        PY  - 2021/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14572
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14572
        AB  - We implement a teaching methodology aimed at improving primary school children's mathematical skills. The methodology, grounded in active and cooperative learning, focuses on peer interaction, sharing of ideas, learning from mistakes, and problem solving. We evaluate the causal effect of the intervention on the gender gap in mathematics in Italy with a randomized controlled trial. The treatment significantly improves girls' math performance (0.14 s.d.), with no impact on boys, and reduces the math gender gap by more than 40%. The effect is stronger for girls with high pre-test scores.
        KW  - gender gap
KW  - mathematics
KW  - school achievement
KW  - primary school
KW  - active learning
KW  - teaching methodologies
KW  - randomized controlled trial
        ER  -