Moral judgement programs
Overview
- Influence: Moral judgement programs
- Domain: Curricula
- Sub-Domain: Other curricula programs
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
- Influence Definition: Cognitive development theorists suggest that people judge actions as moral or not based on their understanding of justice and cooperative reciprocity—an understanding that develops over time. Moral judgement programs attempt to cultivate such discernment in students by enabling them to consider and discuss hypothetical moral crises.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 2
- Number of studies: 85
- Number of students: 5,027
- Number of effects: 98
- Effect size: 0.31
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 |
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Review of Educational Research | Schlaefli, Rest, & Thoma | Switzerland | Does Moral Education Improve Moral Judgement? A meta-Analysis of Intervention Studies Using the Defining Issues Test | 1985 | Effects on moral judgments | 55 | 0 | 68 | 0.28 |
Der Pedagogist Blick | Zierer & Sanders | Germany | Wie workcamp send dilemma-discussion (A Meta-Analysis on the Effectivity of Dilemma Discussions) | 2015 | Dilemma discussions on argumentation | 30 | 5,027 | 30 | 0.34 |
TOTAL/AVERAGE | 85 | 5,027 | 98 | 0.31 |
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 | |
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Confidence Factor | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |