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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Outlining and summarizing

Overview

  • Influence: Outlining and summarizing
  • Domain: Student Learning Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Learning strategies
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
  • Influence Definition: Involves identifying the main ideas and rendering them in one's own words. The core skill is being able to distinguish between the main ideas and the supporting ideas.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 11
  • Number of studies: 886
  • Number of students: 73,770
  • Number of effects: 1,094
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.62
  • 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 Lavery New Zealand Self-regulated learning for academic success: An evaluation of instructional techniques 2008 Outlining & transforming 89 0 89 0.85
Educational Research Review Donker, de Boer, Kostons, van Ewijk, & Van der Werf Netherlands Effectiveness of learning strategy instruction on academic performance: A meta-analysis 2014 Organization Graphics Organizers 32 0 32 0.81
Education and Science Kansizoglu Turkey The Effect of Graphic Organizers on Language Teaching and Learning Areas: A Meta-Analysis Study 2017 Graphic organizers 70 0 70 0.90
Conference paper Joo Korea Meta-analysis of research using graphic organizer 2019 Graphic organizers 35 0 70 0.66
Educational Research Review Fong & Krou USA LASSI's great adventure: A meta-analysis of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory and academic outcomes 2021 Main Ideas 181 71,856 268 0.31
Remedial and Special Education Stevens, Park & Vaughn USA A review of summarizing and main idea interventions for struggling readers in grades 3 through 12: 1978–2016 2019 Summarizing and main idea 23 0 109 0.97
Nature: Science of Learning Hattie & Donoghue Australia Learning strategies: A synthesis and conceptual model 2016 Summarization 234 1,914 234 0.44
Educational Research Review Dignath, Buettner, & Langfeldt Netherlands How can primary school students learn self-regulated learning strategies most effectively?: A meta-analysis on self-regulation training programmes 2008 Summarization 50 0 50 0.75
Dissertation Crismore USA Landscapes: a state-of-the-art assessment of reading comprehension research 1974-1984 Final Report 1985 Summarizing strategies 100 0 100 1.04
Educational Research Review Dignath, Buettner, & Langfeldt Netherlands How can primary school students learn self-regulated learning strategies most effectively?: A meta-analysis on self-regulation training programmes 2008 Organization 50 0 50 0.75
Australian Journal of Education Purdie & Hattie Australia The Relationship between Study Skills and Learning Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis 1999 Organization 22 0 22 0.23
TOTAL/AVERAGE 886 73,770 1,094 0.70
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