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Version 1.1 – Updated August 2021

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: 2
  • Number of studies: 44
  • Number of students: 2,065
  • Number of effects: 56
  • Effect size: 0.64

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
Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance, Concordia University Abrami, Bernard, Wade, Schmid, Borokhovski, Tamim, Surkes, Lowerison, Zhang, Nicolaidou, Newman, Wozney, & Peretiatkowicz Israel A review of e-learning in Canada: A rough sketch of the evidence, gaps and promising directions. 2006 Constructivist technology intensive learning 17 0 29 0.17
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
TOTAL/AVERAGE 44 2,065 56 0.64

Confidence

The Confidence is the average of these four measures, each divided into five approximately equal groups and assigned a value from 1 to 5 based on the following criteria:

  • Number of Meta-analyses
    • 1 = 1
    • 2 = 2–3
    • 3 = 4–6
    • 4 = 7–9
    • 5 = 10+
  • Number of Studies
    • 1 = 1–10
    • 2 = 11–50
    • 3 = 51–200
    • 4 = 201–400
    • 5 = 400+
  • Number of Students
    • 1 = 1–2,500
    • 2 = 2,501–10,000
    • 3 = 10,000–20,000
    • 4 = 20,000–100,000
    • 5 = 100,001+
  • Number of Effects
    • 1 = 1–100
    • 2 = 101–300
    • 3 = 301–600
    • 4 = 601–1,200
    • 5 = 1,200+
Confidences
Number of Meta-Analyses Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Overall Confidence
Confidence Factor 2 2 1 1 2
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