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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Collaborative learning

Overview

  • Influence: Collaborative learning
  • Domain: Teaching Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Instructional strategies
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
  • Influence Definition: An educational practice through which two or more students collaborate on a learning task, whether by following a course of study or by attempting to solve a problem. This practice might involve face-to-face or electronically mediated interactions.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 12
  • Number of studies: 955
  • Number of students: 23,626
  • Number of effects: 1,082
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.45
  • 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
Report Williams USA The impact of collaborative, scaffolded learning in K-12 schools: A meta-analysis. 2009 Collaborative learning 29 3,029 29 0.29
Computers and Education Borokhovski, Bernard, Tamim, Schmid, & Sokolovskaya Canada Technology-supported student interaction in post-secondary education: A meta-analysis of designed versus contextual treatments 2016 Collaborative learning mediated via ICT 45 0 45 0.35
Distance Education Borokhovski, Tamim, Bernard, Abrami, & Sokolovskaya Canada Are contextual and designed student–student interaction treatments equally effective in distance education? 2012 Collaborative learning mediated via ICT in distance education 32 3,634 36 0.31
Journal of Educational Psychology Tenenbaum, Winstone, Leman, & Avery UK How effective is peer interaction in facilitating learning? A meta-analysis. 2019 Peer interaction 62 7,103 71 0.40
Education Research Review Jeong, Hmelo-Silver, & Jo Korea Ten years of computer-support collaborative learning: A meta-analysis of CSCL in STEM education during 2005-2014. 2019 Collaborative learning mediated via ICT 143 0 316 0.51
Dissertation Ravinder Canada The effect of collaborative learning on enhancing student achievement: A meta-analysis 2017 Collaborative learning 28 2,434 28 0.26
Egitim ve Bilim-Education and Science Kaldirim & Tavsanli Turkey The effect of collaborative learning approach on students' academic achievement in Turkish courses in Turkey: A meta-analysis study. 2018 Collaborative learning 32 0 32 1.03
Educational Research Review Saqr, Elmoazen, Tedre, López-Pernas, & Hirsto Finland How well centrality measures capture student achievement in computer-supported collaborative learning?–A systematic review and meta-analysis.  2022 Collaborative learning 8 1,619 8 0.24
Harran Education Journal Bakioglu & Gaktas Turkey The Impact of Collaborative Learning on Success in Secondary School Mathematics and Science Courses : A Meta-Analysis Study 2020 Collaborative learning 56 5,807 56 0.47
International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology Talan Turkey The effect of computer-supported collaborative learning on academic achievement: A meta-analysis study. 2021 Computer assisted collaborative learning 40 0 40 0.51
Review of Educational Research Chen, Wang, Kirscher, & Tsai Hong Kong The role of collaboration, computer use, learning environments, and supporting strategies in CSCL: A meta-analysis 2018 Collaborative learning mediated via ICT 356 0 297 0.45
Conference paper Jannsen USA Opening the black box of collaborative learning: A meta-analysis investigating process-oriented studies. 2014 Collaborative learning 124 0 124 0.39
TOTAL/AVERAGE 955 23,626 1,082 0.43
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