The intervention consists in having volunteers from a Canadian university tutor online Kenyan primary school students for one hour per week in Maths.

2021-01-04

2023-12-22

The primary outcomes are:

• Grade in Maths

• Proficiency with computer (How comfortable do you feel using a computer, including the internet? How comfortable do you feel using the internet on a computer? How comfortable do you feel using the internet on a cell phone? How comfortable do you feel sending an email? How comfortable do you feel talking on Skype?)

• Oral proficiency in English (understanding a native speaker, conversation, vocabulary range, and spoken fluency)

• Cross-cultural communication (How comfortable would you be talking to somebody from another country? How much would you worry about what to say if you were talking to someone from another country?)

These outcomes will be looked at only if there is sufficient variation in the data.

I will use a difference-in-differences analysis. Multiple hypothesis testing will be done by creating indexes, as well as with the the Sharpened False Discovery Rate (FDR) adjusted q-values (Anderson, 2008).

The research plan includes subgroup analyses by:

• gender

• high- or low-ability students

• Academic Motivation (Muris 2001)

• Self Esteem (Rosenberg 1965)

• Liking School (Pell & Jarvis 2001)

• School Attendance

• Aspirations

• Perceptions of Canada and Kenya

• Grades in all other disciplines

• Half of the classroom each year will be invited to participate

• The other half will serve as the control group

Not available

The randomization will be done in office by a computer.

The randomization will be at the individual level.

No

The planned number of observations is a minimum of 150 students.

The planned number of observations is a minimum of 150 students.

75 students in the treatment group, 75 in the control group.