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

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
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:

Number of Meta-analyses
- 1 = 1
- 2 = 2–3
- 3 = 4–6
- 4 = 7–9
- 5 = 10+
Number of Studies
- 1 = 1–10
- 2 = 11–50
- 3 = 51–200
- 4 = 201–400
- 5 = 400+
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+
Number of Effects
- 1 = 1–100
- 2 = 101–300
- 3 = 301–600
- 4 = 601–1,200
- 5 = 1,200+

Confidences
	Number of Meta-Analyses	Number of Studies	Number of Students	Number of Effects	Overall Confidence
Confidence Factor	2	3	2	1	2