Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management

This paper presents research findings from four countries (Sudan, Lebanon, Jordan, and Uganda) in which War Child Holland (WCH) and its partners currently implement Can’t Wait to Learn (CWTL). The CWTL program uses an innovative curriculum-based gaming approach, in which students use tablets to play a series of instruction-linked mini-games to learn specific mathematics and reading concepts. The existing research portfolio on CWTL includes mixed-methods quasi-experimental studies of CWTL in Jordan and Sudan, a practice-driven evaluation of CWTL in Lebanon, and a qualitative process evaluation of CWTL’s recent expansion to Uganda. The paper summarizes and compares impact findings on children’s learning and psychosocial outcomes from Sudan, Lebanon, and Jordan. Further, and heavily informed by the qualitative dataset, the paper identifies common successes, challenges, and lessons learned from the four countries.