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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics: Vol. 1 No. 4 (October 2009)
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Teaching Students and Teaching Each Other: The Importance of Peer Learning for Teachers
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Jackson, C. Kirabo, and
Elias Bruegmann. 2009. "Teaching Students and Teaching Each Other: The Importance of Peer Learning for Teachers."
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics,
1(4): 85-108.
DOI: 10.1257/app.1.4.85
DOI: 10.1257/app.1.4.85
Abstract
Using longitudinal elementary school teacher and student data, we
document that students have larger test score gains when their teachers
experience improvements in the observable characteristics of their
colleagues. Using within-school and within-teacher variation, we show
that a teacher's students have larger achievement gains in math and
reading when she has more effective colleagues (based on estimated
value-added from an out-of-sample pre-period). Spillovers are strongest
for less experienced teachers and persist over time, and historical
peer quality explains away about 20 percent of the own-teacher effect,
results that suggest peer learning. (JEL I21, J24, J45)
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Authors
Jackson, C. Kirabo (Cornell U)
Bruegmann, Elias (Cornerstone Research, Menlo Park, CA)
Bruegmann, Elias (Cornerstone Research, Menlo Park, CA)
JEL Classifications
I21: Analysis of Education
J24: Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J45: Public Sector Labor Markets
J24: Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J45: Public Sector Labor Markets
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