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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Frequent testing

Overview

  • Influence: Frequent testing
  • Domain: Teaching Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Feedback
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
  • Influence Definition: The frequency of testing.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 4
  • Number of studies: 413
  • Number of students: 48,478
  • Number of effects: 959
  • 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
Journal of Educational Research Bangert-Drowns, Kulik, & Kulik USA Effects of Frequent Classroom Testing 1991 Frequent testing 35 0 35 0.23
Dissertation Gocmen USA Effectiveness of frequent testing over academic achievement: a meta-analysis study 2003 Frequent testing 78 0 233 0.40
International Journal of Human Sciences Basol & Johanson Turkey Effectiveness of frequent testing over achievement: A meta analysis study. 2009 Frequency of testing 78 0 118 0.46
Psychological Bulletin Yang, Luo, Vadillo, Yu, & Shanks China Testing (quizzing) boosts classroom learning: A systematic and meta-analytic review. 2021 Effects of testing 222 48,478 573 0.50
TOTAL/AVERAGE 413 48,478 959 0.40
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