Improving reading skills by encouraging children to read in school: A randomized evaluation of the Sa Aklat Sisikat reading program in the Philippines

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 611-633

  Abeberese, Ama Baafra ^a   Kumler, Todd J ^b   Linden, Leigh L ^c  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PRIMARY EDUCATION;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84905511252     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.49.3.611     Document Type: Article

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