Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

November 25, 2020

Educational Gains of in‐person vs. Distance Learning in Primary and Secondary Schools: A Natural Experiment during the COVID‐19 Pandemic School Closures in Switzerland

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  • Educational gains among primary school students in Switzerland were cut in half with distance learning during school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An analysis of educational gains during the 8 weeks of school closures related to the COVID‐19 pandemic in Switzerland, compared to the prior 8 weeks, found high heterogeneity in learning processes between individual primary school students during the lockdown, and that overall learning slowed down. Primary school students learned more than twice as fast in person as they did in the distance learning setting. No significant differences in the learning pace of secondary school students were

Tomasik et al. (Nov 24, 2020). Educational Gains of in‐person vs. Distance Learning in Primary and Secondary Schools: A Natural Experiment during the COVID‐19 Pandemic School Closures in Switzerland. International Journal of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12728