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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Mathematics Direct or Guided

Overview

  • Influence: Mathematics Direct or Guided
  • Domain: Curricula
  • Sub-Domain: Math and sciences
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
  • Influence Definition: The teaching of math in a more direct/explicit approach: giving students the information, or a guided approach where the teacher is facilitating and monitoring learning to support student practice.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 4
  • Number of studies: 196
  • Number of students: 8,662
  • Number of effects: 228
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.59
  • 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
Dissertation Malofeeva USA A meta-analysis of mathematics instruction with young children 2005 Math programs for K-2 29 1,845 29 0.47
Report Jacobse & Harskamp USA A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Instructional Interventions on Students' Mathematics Achievement 2011 Methods to teach Mathematics 40 6,817 40 0.58
Frontiers in Psychology Xie, Wang, & Hu China Effects of constructivist and transmission instructional models on mathematics achievement in mainland China: A meta-analysis 2018 Constructivist teaching of math 114 0 114 0.59
Remedial and Special Education Burns USA Empirical Analysis of Drill Ratio Research: Refining the Instructional Level for Drill Tasks 2004 Drilling at acquisition stage 13 0 45 0.82
TOTAL/AVERAGE 196 8,662 228 0.61
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