Aptitude-treatment interactions
Overview
- Influence: Aptitude-treatment interactions
- Domain: Student Learning Strategies
- Sub-Domain: Student-focused interventions
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have a small positive impact
- Influence Definition: This occurs when a particular instructional strategy (or treatment) has different degrees of effectiveness for specific learners depending on the individual characteristics (or aptitudes) of those learners. It is the basis for theories of individual differences.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 1
- Number of studies: 22
- Number of students: 1,434
- Number of effects: 22
- Weighted mean effect size: 0.11
- Robustness index: 1
Meta-Analyses
| Journal Title | Author | First Author's Country | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review of Educational Research | Whitener | USA | A meta-analytic review of the effect on learning of the interaction between prior achievement and instructional support | 1989 | Aptitude learning interactions with high support instructional methods | 22 | 1,434 | 22 | 0.11 |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 22 | 1,434 | 22 | 0.11 | |||||