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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Constructivist teaching

Overview

  • Influence: Constructivist teaching
  • Domain: Teaching Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Instructional strategies
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
  • Influence Definition: Constructivist teaching involves providing students with learner-centered, active instruction, where students explore ideas, propositions, explanations, solutions and take subsequent actions.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 4
  • Number of studies: 154
  • Number of students: 8,302
  • Number of effects: 241
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.92
  • 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
Anthropologist Erisen & Gunay Turkey A meta-analysis into the effectiveness of doctoral dissertations on constructivist learning. 2015 Constructivist in doctoral thesis 27 2,065 27 1.10
Journal of Education and Training Studies Semerci & Batdi Turkey A Meta-Analysis of Constructivist Learning Approach on Learners' Academic Achievements, Retention and Attitudes. 2015 Constructivist teaching 28 0 28 1.08
Educational Studies Li, Din, & Zhang China Effects of learner-centred education on academic achievement: a meta-analysis.  2021 Learner centered education 42 0 72 0.54
International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education Selçuk & Yilmaz Turkey The effect of constructivist learning approach and active learning on environmental education: A meta-analysis study 2020 Constructivist teaching 57 6,237 114 1.04
TOTAL/AVERAGE 154 8,302 241 0.94
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