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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Advance organizers

Overview

  • Influence: Advance organizers
  • Domain: Teaching Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Learning intentions
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
  • Influence Definition: These organizational tools aim to help students structure the information they are about to learn.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 12
  • Number of studies: 935
  • Number of students: 3,905
  • Number of effects: 2,291
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.41
  • 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
Evaluation in Education Kozlow & White Canada A meta-analysis of selected advance organizer research reports from 1960-1977 1978 Advance organizers 77 0 91 0.89
American Educational Research Journal Luiten, Ames & Ackerman USA A meta-analysis of the effects of advance organizers on learning and retention 1980 Advance organizers 135 0 160 0.21
Book Marzano, Gaddy, & Dean USA What Works in Classroom Instruction 2000 Advance organizers 358 0 358 0.48
Journal of Experimental Education Stone USA A Meta-Analysis of Advance Organizer Studies 1983 Advance organizers 29 0 112 0.66
Journal of Research in Science Teaching Lott USA The effect of inquiry teaching and advance organizers upon student outcomes in science education 1983 Advance organizers in science 16 0 147 0.24
Dissertation Asencio USA Effects of Behavioral Objectives on Student Achievement: A Meta-Analysis of Findings 1984 Behavioral objectives 111 0 111 0.12
American Educational Research Journal Klauer Germany Intentional and Incidental Learning with Instructional Texts: A Meta-Analysis for 1970-1980 1984 Intentional learning 23 0 52 0.40
Dissertation Rolhelser-Bennett USA Four models of teaching: a meta-analysis of student outcomes 1987 Advance organizers 12 1,968 45 0.80
Dissertation Mahar USA Thirty years after Ausubel: An updated meta-analysis of advance organizer research. 1992 Advance organizers 50 0 50 0.44
Dissertation Catts Australia The integration of research findings: a review of meta-analysis methodology and an application to research on the effects of knowledge objectives 1992 Incidental learning 14 0 80 -0.03
Dissertation Catts Australia The integration of research findings: a review of meta-analysis methodology and an application to research on the effects of knowledge objectives 1992 Intentional learning 90 0 1,065 0.35
Book Preiss & Gayle USA A meta-analysis of the educational benefits of employing advanced organizers 2006 Advance organizers 20 1,937 20 0.46
TOTAL/AVERAGE 935 3,905 2,291 0.42
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