Having Fun Doing Math: Text Messages Promoting Parent Involvement Increased Student Learning |
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| Authors: | Macarena Santana Miguel Nussbaum Raimundo Carmona Susana Claro |
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| Institution: | 1. Departamento de Ciencia de la Computación, Escuela de Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile;2. Escuela de Gobierno, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile |
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| Abstract: | There is a consensus that family involvement is key to academic achievement. However, it is often difficult to keep parents involved, particularly when they lack the time or academic knowledge. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact on achievement in mathematics among adolescent children when involving parents from low-income communities in the learning process. This involvement is achieved through activities that do not include any formal curricular content. A randomly selected group of parents was nudged, via text message (SMS), to complete short and simple weekly activities with their children. The teacher then connected these activities to the curricular content in class. The results reveal that, on average, the intervention increased the students’ math grade point average (GPA) by 0.488 standard deviations (p?
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| Keywords: | mathematics teaching parental involvement SMS text message |
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