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Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

Online and digital tools

Overview

  • Influence: Online and digital tools
  • Domain: Technology, School, and Out-of-School Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Online and digital
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
  • Influence Definition: These include word processing apps, slide presentation software, electronic reference materials, tablet and cellphones apps.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 12
  • Number of studies: 502
  • Number of students: 110,484
  • Number of effects: 1,444
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.36
  • Robustness index: 4

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
Journal of Literacy Research Moran, Ferdig, Pearson, Wardrop & Blomeyer USA Technology and Reading Performance in the Middle-School Grades: A Meta-Analysis with Recommendations for Policy and Practice 2008 Digital tools on learning 20 0 89 0.49
Report Means, Toyama, Murphy, Bakia, Jones USA Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies 2009 Online learning on students 51 0 51 0.24
Journal of Educational Computing Research Zucker, Moody & McKenna USA The Effects of Electronic Books on Pre-Kindergarten-to-Grade 5 Students' Literacy and Language Outcomes: A Research Synthesis 2009 e-books on achievement 7 401 7 0.41
Report Cheung & Slavin USA The Effectiveness of Education Technology for Enhancing Reading Achievement: A Meta-Analysis. 2011 Ed technology 85 60,721 85 0.16
Journal of Educational Computing Research Schroeder, Adesope, & Gilbert USA How Effective are Pedagogical Agents for Learning? A Meta-Analytic Review 2013 Pedagogical agents on screen 43 3,088 43 0.19
Journal of Educational Computing Research Guo & Goh Singapore Affect in Embodied Pedagogical Agents: Meta-Analytic Review 2015 Pedagogical agents on screen 30 2,150 30 0.61
Asia-Pacific Education Researcher Jang, Yi, & Shin Korea Examining the effectiveness of digital textbook use on students' learning outcomes in South Korea: A meta-analysis 2016 Digital textbooks 26 0 625 0.34
American Journal of Distance Education Darabi, Liang, Suryavanshi & Yurekli USA Effectiveness of online discussion strategies: A meta-analysis 2013 Online discussions 72 0 72 0.23
Computers and Education Hillmayr, Ziernwald, Reinhold, Hofer, & Reiss Germany The potential of digital tools to enhance mathematics and science learning in secondary schools: A context specific meta-analysis. 2020 Digital tools on learning 92 14,910 117 0.65
AERA Open Kim, Gilbert, Yu, & Gale USA Measures Matter: A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Educational Apps on Preschool to Grade 3 Children's Literacy and Math Skills. 2021 Educational apps on literacy and math 36 5,632 285 0.31
Journal Of Psychology and Instruction Ardhiani, Hadjam, & Fitriani Indonesia Digital literacy and student academic performance in universities: A meta-analysis.  2023 digital literacy 15 7,082 15 0.31
Conference paper Berkeley USA Improving comprehension with digital text: A meta-analysis of interventions. 2015 Instructional enhancement interventions 25 16,500 25 0.60
TOTAL/AVERAGE 502 110,484 1,444 0.38
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