Benjamin Piper|Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski|Dunston Kwayumba|Arbogast Oyanga
Examining the secondary effects of mother-tongue literacy instruction in Kenya: Impacts on student learning in English, Kiswahili, and mathematics
Florida State University
limited rigorous evidence available subsaharan africa regarding whether children learn read mother tongue higher learning outcomes subjects randomised controlled trial mothertongue literacy instruction primary math reading primr initiative implemented kenya 2013 2014 compared impacts primr mothertongue treatment group two languages another group use mother tongue utilised instructional components results showed assignment mothertongue group additional benefits english kiswahili learning outcomes beyond nonmothertongue group mothertongue group somewhat lower mathematics outcomes classroom observational analysis showed assignment mothertongue group small impacts usage mother tongue subjects advocates mothertongue programmes must consider results alongside local implementation resistance programme design