Differentiation
Overview
- Influence: Differentiation
- Domain: Student Learning Strategies
- Sub-Domain: Student-focused interventions
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
- Influence Definition: Differentiation refers to a wide variety of teaching techniques and lesson adaptations that educators use to instruct a diverse group of student. It can involved different activities to different groups of students, recognition of multiple pathways and time to complete the tasks
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 4
- Number of studies: 102
- Number of students: 9,579
- Number of effects: 197
- Effect size: 0.46
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MathEd Database. | Kim | Korea | A meta-analysis on the effects of differentiated instruction in mathematics. | 2018 | Differentiation | 49 | 0 | 80 | 0.68 |
| Frontiers in Psychology | Smale-Jacobse, Meijer, Helms-Lorenz, & Maulana | Netherlands | Differentiated instruction in secondary education: A systematic review of research evidence. | 2019 | Differentiation | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0.74 |
| Review of Educational Research | Puzio, Colby, & Algeo-Nichols | USA | Differentiated Literacy Instruction: Boondoggle or Best Practice? | 2020 | Differentiation in literacy | 18 | 9,579 | 25 | 0.13 |
| Educational Research Review | Deunk, Smale-Jacobse, de Boer, Doolard, & Bosker | Netherlands | Effective differentiation practices: A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on the cognitive effects of differentiation practices in primary education. | 2018 | Differentiation | 21 | 0 | 78 | 0.30 |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 102 | 9,579 | 197 | 0.46 | |||||
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:
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Number of Meta-analyses
- 1 = 1
- 2 = 2–3
- 3 = 4–6
- 4 = 7–9
- 5 = 10+
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Number of Studies
- 1 = 1–10
- 2 = 11–50
- 3 = 51–200
- 4 = 201–400
- 5 = 400+
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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+
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Number of Effects
- 1 = 1–100
- 2 = 101–300
- 3 = 301–600
- 4 = 601–1,200
- 5 = 1,200+
| Number of Meta-Analyses | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Overall Confidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confidence Factor | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |