Literacy for all in 100 days? A research-based strategy for fast progress in low-income countries (English)

In low-income countries many students are marginalized very early and remain illiterate. In grades 1-3 they attend rarely, though they may officially drop out in grade 4. Many others graduate from primary school without having learned letter values. The worrisome outcomes, despite much donor investment in low-income countries, have prompted scrutiny of the methods, and textbooks used to make students literate. This document offers insights from cognitive...

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Abadzi,Helen;
Document Date
2013/05/30
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Working Paper
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79785
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2013/07/26
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Disclosed
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Literacy for all in 100 days? A research-based strategy for fast progress in low-income countries
Keywords
learning and memory

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Abadzi,Helen.

Literacy for all in 100 days? A research-based strategy for fast progress in low-income countries (English). Global Partnership for Education (GPE) working paper on series ; no. 7 Washington DC ; World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/257651468326683654

Literacy for all in 100 days? A research-based strategy for fast progress in low-income countries (English)

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