Small group learning

Overview

Influence: Small group learning
Domain: Classroom
Sub-Domain: Class composition effects
Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
Influence Definition: This is where students are grouped into smaller groups within the class. This creates opportunity for deeper understanding of content.

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
Report	Springer, Stanne & Donovan	USA	Effects of cooperative learning on academic achievement among undergraduates in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology: A meta-analysis	1997	Working in small groups in college	39	3,472	116	0.46
Review of Educational Research	Springer, Stanne & Donovan	USA	Effects of small-group learning on undergraduates in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology: A meta-analysis	1999	Working in small groups in science	39	0	39	0.51
Dissertation	Jecks	USA	Flexible skills grouping of elementary students for reading instruction: A meta-analytic review	2011	Flexible grouping in reading	11	1,656	11	0.56
Journal of School Psychology	Hall & Burns	USA	Meta-analysis of targeted small-group reading interventions	2018	Small group on reading	26	0	27	0.54
Teaching of Psychology	Tomcho & Foels	USA	Meta-Analysis of Group Learning Activities: Empirically Based Teaching Recommendations	2012	Small group learning in psychology	35	0	37	0.49
Educational Psychology Review	Pai, Sears, & Maeda	USA	Effects of Small-Group Learning on Transfer: a Meta-Analysis	2015	Small group vs individual on transfer	38	0	38	0.30
Journal of Statistics Education	Kalaian & Kasim	USA	A Meta-Analytic Review of Studies of the Effectiveness of Small-Group Learning Methods on Statistics Achievement	2014	Small group in university	9	926	10	0.47
TOTAL/AVERAGE						197	6,054	278	0.48