Type: <span>Imagine Research Reports</span>

This overview prepared by Imagine’s research team summarizes a set of assessments that have been localized and adapted to test executive function (EF) skills among school-aged children in Malawi government primary schools. These assessments are part of our efforts to uncover and eventually address barriers to learning for some children using the tablet program, and … Continue reading Executive Function Assessment Overview

In this paper, Nicola J Pitchford and Karen A Levesque present a synthesis of the generation of an evidence base that tests the efficacy of an innovative educational technology designed to enhance foundational learning by diverse groups of marginalised children, in different locations, worldwide.

This summary describes the learning gains achieved by schools that implemented the Digital Foundational Learning Program by Imagine Worldwide during school-year 2023-24 in Sierra Leone. The research results show that learning gains met expectations on all three sets of learning metrics examined. These are promising results for the first full year of program implementation. We … Continue reading Digital Foundational Learning Program in Sierra Leone

This report presents findings from research conducted by Imagine Worldwide – in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Malawi and RBC Consult – on the first year of BEFIT. A program of the Malawi government,  BEFIT – Building Education Foundations Through Innovation & Technology – delivers foundational learning in literacy and numeracy through onebillion’s … Continue reading BEFIT Year 1: Research Technical Report – Executive Summary

Imagine’s research team completed analysis of a first study of non-progress in reading in Malawi, which examined multiple factors including home literacy/language environment, socio-emotional competence (including working memory, academic grit, and self-control), on-task learner behavior, and child age. The peer-reviewed journal “Frontiers” published our article about the study and results.

Research Brief No. 2 shares results from the first U.S. pilot of onebillion’s tablet-based instructional software during COVID-19 school closures.

Research Brief No. 1 summarizes the impacts of a 2-year education technology program on early primary learning in Malawi amid disruptions due to COVID-19.

Our 8-month randomized controlled trial (RCT) in government primary schools in Malawi shows significant positive effects for learners in overall literacy and in key early math skills, with similarly positive results for both girls and boys.