Involve Learning Solutions, Harvard University, University of British Columbia

800+ classrooms

Bihar, India

This program evaluates peer teaching as a pedagogical model in large, diverse classrooms. The research questions focus on how peer-led learning interventions improve accessibility, equity, and student outcomes, and how teachers experience the transformation of classroom dynamics through peer instruction.

Aawaaz supported the program as an implementation partner, with tasks including survey administration, enumerator training, transcription, data cleaning, and logistics such as survey printing, transportation, and scanning. The team managed budgeting, resource deployment, and field visits, while also collaborating as co-researchers to conduct teacher interviews. Insights from this work contributed to a published paper on peer teaching interventions.

Columbia University, University of California San Diego (UCSD)

13,816 students across 23 schools

13 cities across Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Odisha

This study employed social network analysis using the Socionomy toolkit to understand peer networks, learning outcomes, and the role of classroom interventions in shaping social capital among students. A key research question examined how randomized seating arrangements could alter friendship patterns and influence student interactions over a 2.5-month intervention period.

Aawaaz functioned as the implementation partner, overseeing
on-ground data collection, intervention deployment, monitoring, and stakeholder engagement. Tasks included administering baseline and endline surveys, implementing randomized seating plans, coordinating site visits, managing transcription, cleaning, and processing of data, and producing school-level reports. The team also managed survey logistics such as printing,
transportation, scanning, and coding, alongside budgeting and resource allocation.