Individual instruction

Overview

Influence: Individual instruction
Domain: Student Learning Strategies
Sub-Domain: Student-focused interventions
Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
Influence Definition: Typically, one-on-one instruction between a student and teacher/tutor with the aim of immediate feedback, scaffolded concepts, and intervention at key moments of success or difficulty. Other forms of individualized instruction can include tailoring lessons for various student learning needs, providing individualized feedback, and teaching to mastery.

Evidence

Number of meta-analyses: 12
Number of studies: 793
Number of students: 62,409
Number of effects: 1,286
Weighted mean effect size: 0.24
Robustness index: 5

Meta-Analyses

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
Dissertation	Hartley	USA	Meta-analysis of the effects of individually paced instruction in mathematics	1977	Individualization in math	51	0	139	0.16
Evaluation in Education	Kulik & Kulik	USA	Individualised college teaching	1980	Individualized college teaching	213	0	213	0.33
Journal of Educational Research	Horak	USA	A meta-analysis of research findings on individualized instruction in mathematics	1981	Individualization in math	60	0	129	-0.07
Journal of Research in Science Teaching	Willett, Yamashita & Anderson	USA	A meta-analysis of instructional systems applied in science teaching	1983	Individualized science curriculum	130	0	131	0.17
Review of Educational Research	Bangert, Kulik, & Kulik	USA	Individualized Systems of Instruction in Secondary Schools	1983	Individualized in high schools	49	0	49	0.10
Dissertation	Blumschein	Germany	Eine Metaanalyse zur Effektivität multimedialen Lernens am Beispiel der anchored instruction	2003	Adaptive methods	144	0	144	0.33
Journal of Educational Research	Waxman, Wang, Anderson & Walberg	USA	Adaptive Education and Student Outcomes: A Quantitative Synthesis	1985	Adaptive methods (individual, continuous assessment, periodic evaluation)	38	7,200	309	0.45
Journal of Research in Science Teaching	Atash & Dawson	USA	Some effects of the ISCS program: A meta analysis	1986	Individualized science curriculum	10	2,180	30	0.09
Dissertation	Mitchell	USA	A comparison of the effectiveness of innovative instructional methods utilized in lower division mathematics as measured by student achievement: a meta-analysis of findings	1987	Individualized instruction in mathematics	38	0	39	0.19
British Journal of Educational Technology	Major, Francis, & Tsapali	UK	The effectiveness of technology-supported personalised learning in low-and middle-income countries: A meta-analysis.	2021	Personalised learning with technology	16	53,029	16	0.18
Evaluation and the Health Professions	Cohen & Dacanay	USA	Computer-based instruction and health professions education: A meta-analysis of outcomes.	1992	Individual instruction in medical education	30	0	30	0.37
Learning Disabilities Research and Practice	Jung, McMaster, Kunkel, Shin, & Stecker	Korea	Effects of data-based individualization for students with intensive learning needs: A meta-analysis.	2018	Data based individualized instruction	14	0	57	0.30
TOTAL/AVERAGE						793	62,409	1,286	0.22