Inquiry-based teaching

Overview

Influence: Inquiry-based teaching
Domain: Teaching Strategies
Sub-Domain: Instructional strategies
Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
Influence Definition: Inquiry-based instruction is a student-centered approach where the instructor guides the students through questions posed, methods designed, and data interpreted by the students. Through inquiry, the aim is for students to actively discover information and accumulate evidence to support their investigations. This could include asking questions and solving problems and often includes procedures such as small-scale investigations and practical projects.

Evidence

Number of meta-analyses: 13
Number of studies: 450
Number of students: 19,364
Number of effects: 665
Weighted mean effect size: 0.53
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 Research in Science Teaching	Sweitzer & Anderson	USA	A meta-analysis of research on science teacher education practices associated with inquiry strategy	1983	Inquiry teaching in science	68	0	19	0.44
Journal of Research in Science Teaching	Shymansky, Hedges & Woodworth	USA	A reassessment of the effects of inquiry-based science curricula of the 60's on student performance	1990	Inquiry methods in science	81	0	320	0.27
Conference paper	Bangert-Drowns	USA	Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Inquiry-Based Instruction on Critical Thinking	1992	Inquiry teaching effects on critical thinking	21	0	21	0.37
Tadris: Jurnal Keguruan dan Ilmu Tarbiyah	Abdurrahman	Indonesia	Efektivitas dan Kendala Pembelajaran Sains Berbasis Inkuiri terhadap Capaian Dimensi Kognitif Siswa: Meta Analisis.	2017	Inquiry methods in science	15	2,118	15	0.46
International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies	Kaçar, Terzi, Arikan, & Kirikçi	Turkey	The Effect of Inquiry-Based Learning on Academic Success: A Meta-Analysis Study.	2021	Inquiry methods	30	0	30	1.15
Conference paper	Ramallosa, Funa, Geron, Ibardaloza, & Prudente	Turkey	Meta-Analysis on the Effectiveness of Argument-Based Learning on Students' Conceptual Understanding	2022	Argumentation in science	14	0	14	0.80
International Journal of Human Sciences	Çömek, Sariçayir, & Erdogan	Turkey	Effectiveness of the argumentation method: A meta-analysis.	2015	Argumentation in science	25	1,518	25	1.00
Journal of Pedagogical Research	Heindl	Germany	Inquiry-based learning and the pre-requisite for its use in science at school: A meta-analysis.	2019	Inquiry methods in science	13	0	13	0.74
Dissertation	Smith	USA	A meta-analysis of student outcomes attributable to the teaching of science as inquiry as compared to traditional methodology	1997	Inquiry method in science	35	7,437	60	0.17
Review of Educational Research	Lazonder & Harmsen	Netherlands	Meta-Analysis of Inquiry-Based Learning: Effects of Guidance	2016	Inquiry learning	72	0	72	0.62
AERA Open	Estrella, Au, Jaeggi, & Collins	USA	Is Inquiry Science Instruction Effective for English Language Learners? A Meta-Analytic Review	2018	Inquiry on ELL science	23	8,291	23	0.28
Journal of the Turkish Science Education	Aktamis, Hidge, & Ozden	Turkey	Effects of the inquiry-based learning method on student's' achievements, science process skills, and attitude towards science: A meta-analysis science	2016	Inquiry learning in science	16	0	16	1.03
Review of Educational Research	Furtak, Seidel, Iverson & Briggs	USA	Experimental and quasi-experimental studies of inquiry-based science teaching: A meta-analysis	1998	Inquiry method in science	37	0	37	0.50
TOTAL/AVERAGE						450	19,364	665	0.60