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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Coding

Overview

  • Influence: Coding
  • Domain: Curricula
  • Sub-Domain: Math and sciences
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
  • Influence Definition: Teaching students the skills of computer coding.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 2
  • Number of studies: 170
  • Number of students: 9,139
  • Number of effects: 971
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.46
  • Robustness index: 3

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 Educational Psychology Scherer, Siddiq, & Viveros Norway The cognitive benefits of learning computer programming: A meta-analysis of transfer effects 2019 Computer Coding 105 9,139 539 0.49
Journal of Educational Computing Research Liao & Bright USA Effects of Computer Programming on Cognitive Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis 1991 Computer programming on achievement 65 0 432 0.41
TOTAL/AVERAGE 170 9,139 971 0.45
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