Haste Makes No Waste: Positive Peer Effects of Classroom Speed Competition on Learning
利用孟加拉国BRAC小学自学项目的数据，研究发现课堂速度竞争整体上正向提升学生的解题时间和成绩，且能力相近的同伴间效应更强，未对他人产生负面影响。
Abstract This study investigates the effects of speed competition in classrooms on young pupils' learning outcomes. To examine how faster peers' speed affects slower pupils' speed and learning, we employ students' daily progress data in a self‐learning programme at BRAC primary schools in Bangladesh. The programme's unique setting allows us to address the reflection problem reasonably well. While speed competition could generate negative consequences, our results show overall positive peer effects on problem‐solving time and scores. The effects are stronger among peers with similar abilities, without negatively affecting others. Our results show efficiency gains from non‐market competition in education and learning.