Research & Learning

Our Research & Learning publications contain a range of documents that include implementation and impact research, evidence syntheses, scale and systems research, and formative research

This section brings together PlayMatters research and learning products that document what works in embedding Learning through Play across diverse, low-resource education systems. Drawing on evidence from implementation, evaluation, and system collaboration, these publications inform Learning through Play understanding, practice, and scale.

Implementation and Impact Research

  • Evidence Brief: Community Engagement and Sustainability for Learning through Play
    Type: Implementation and Impact Research
    Country: Global
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  • Learning through Play to Improve Teaching, Learning and Wellbeing in Conflict and Crisis: Findings from a Randomized Control Trial in Ethiopia
    Type: Implementation and Impact Research
    Country: Ethiopia
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  • PlayMatters Ethiopia Enhances Teacher Practices and Learning Outcomes using Learning through Play: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis (CEA)
    Type: Implementation and Impact Research
    Country: Ethiopia
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  • Learning through Play Methodology for Competency-based Curriculum Implementation
    Type: Implementation and Impact Research
    Country: Tanzania
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  • PlayMatters Tanzania Implementation Research Findings - Brief
    Type: Implementation and Impact Research
    Country: Tanzania
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  • Learning through Play in an Accelerated Education Program - Learning Brief
    Type: Implementation and Impact Research
    Country: Ethiopia
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  • Evidence Brief: PlayMatters Ethiopia Implementation Research Findings on Key Outcomes
    Type: Implementation and Impact Research
    Country: Ethiopia
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  • Implementation Baseline Report Primary - Ethiopia
    Type: Implementation and Impact Research
    Country: Ethiopia
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  • Implementation Baseline Report ECD - Ethiopia
    Type: Implementation and Impact Research
    Country: Ethiopia
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  • Implementation Research Ethiopia 2024
    Type: Implementation and Impact Research
    Country: Ethiopia
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  • Implementation Research Tanzania 2024
    Type: Implementation and Impact Research
    Country: Tanzania
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  • PM ERM LtP Promising Practices Research Brief
    Type: Implementation and Impact Research
    Country: Ethiopia
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  • PM ERM LtP Promising Practices Study Report
    Type: Implementation and Impact Research
    Country: Ethiopia
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  • PM ERM Multi-Sectoral Implementation Research Brief
    Type: Implementation and Impact Research
    Country: Ethiopia
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  • PM ERM Multi-Sectoral Implementation Study Report
    Type: Implementation and Impact Research
    Country: Ethiopia
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  • Implementation Research of PlayMatters 1.0 in Tanzania
    Type: Implementation and Impact Research
    Country: Tanzania
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Evidence Synthesis

  • Learning Synthesis - Learning through Play in Acute Emergencies
    Type: Evidence Synthesis
    Country: Global
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  • Technical Topical Brief - Large Class Sizes
    Type: Evidence Synthesis
    Country: Tanzania
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  • Evidence Synthesis - December 2021
    Type: Evidence Synthesis
    Country: Global
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  • Justification of Learning through Play
    Type: Evidence Synthesis
    Country: Global
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Scale and Systems Research

  • PlayMatters Scaling Study Emerging Findings
    Type: Scale and Systems Research
    Country: Global
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  • Navigating the Humanitarian Development Nexus - Brief
    Type: Scale and Systems Research
    Country: Global
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Formative Research

  • Advancing Competency-Based Curriculum through Learning through Play
    Type: Formative Research
    Country: Tanzania
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  • Perspectives and Practices of LtP: Evidence Brief
    Type: Formative Research
    Country: Uganda
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  • Formative Study Report - ECD Uganda
    Type: Formative Research
    Country: Uganda
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  • Formative Study Report - Tanzania
    Type: Formative Research
    Country: Tanzania
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  • Uganda Photovoice Study Report
    Type: Formative Research
    Country: Uganda
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  • Study 3 Formative Study Report, Ethiopia
    Type: Formative Research
    Country: Ethiopia
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  • Formative Research Study 3 Report, Uganda
    Type: Formative Research
    Country: Uganda
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