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. 2024 Apr:106:103017.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103017. Epub 2024 Feb 23.

Collaborative learning in the Vietnam Escuela Nueva Model and students' learning behaviors: A mixed methods longitudinal study

Khoa Vu  1 , Vu Dao  2 , Joan DeJaeghere  2 , Paul Glewwe  1
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Collaborative learning in the Vietnam Escuela Nueva Model and students' learning behaviors: A mixed methods longitudinal study

Khoa Vu et al. Int J Educ Dev. 2024 Apr.

Abstract

We study how Vietnam's Escuela Nueva, a pedagogical reform that promotes participatory and collaborative learning in primary schools, affects students' learning behaviors in short and long run. Using a propensity score matching approach, we find that the model increases the likelihood of giving and receiving feedback from peers as well as asking questions in class. The peer-learning effects appear to persist in the long run as students enter lower secondary school. Qualitative interviews with lower secondary teachers and school principals also provide evidence of these long-term effects. However, teachers also highlighted important concerns of this model.

Keywords: Basic education; Escuela Nueva; Learning behaviors; Peer learning; Vietnam.

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Fig. 1.. VNEN Implementation index.
Note: Implementation index is constructed separately each year following Dang et al. (2022).
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