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Teachers and technology—together—improve student learning

SDGs Impacted

Adaptive technology – which adjusts to the level of the user – is a powerful weapon for public education systems to combat learning poverty and one of the best available to teachers. However, little is known about the experience of the educational community in implementing these technologies in public schools. In 2019, the Ministry of Education in the Dominican Republic (MINERD) with support from the World Bank, launched the Prográmate (In English, Program Yourself) project that uses adaptive technology to improve math learning for students in the third year of secondary school. This technological platform adapts to the level of each student helping them to improve their learning skills. Find out a little bit more about how was implemented in this case study.

Impact / Outcome
MINERD is implementing the adaptive platform for a full year (2023) for 5,000 students reaching 50 public schools. The platform was adapted to the national curriculum and included short training courses for math and computer science teachers as well as pedagogical support to adapt to the learning levels of each student—something that is a significant challenge when serving a large number of students.
Funding sources
Public
Key Metrics
Improve learning skills for secondary students through a technological platform
Locations
Latin America, Dominican Republic
Sector
Education
Intervention lever
Policy
Operating model
Fully public
Target population
Youth
Year published
12 January 2023
Organization involved
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World Bank Group

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