Relative age within a class
Overview
- Influence: Relative age within a class
- Domain: Classroom
- Sub-Domain: Classroom climate
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
- Influence Definition: It is common to group children into chronological age-based cohorts established by distinct cut-off dates: children with birth dates that fall before the cut-off are included in the cohort, those born after the cut-off must wait until the next cohort. The differences in age within an annual cohort is termed relative age.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 1
- Number of studies: 8
- Number of students: 3,347,259
- Number of effects: 8
- Weighted mean effect size: 0.45
- Robustness index: 2
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 |
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Dissertation | Maynard | USA | Is there an Academic Benefit to Participating in Extracurricular Activities? A Systemic Review and Meta-analysis | 2013 | Relative age within a grade | 8 | 3,347,259 | 8 | 0.45 |
TOTAL/AVERAGE | 8 | 3,347,259 | 8 | 0.45 |