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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Motivation programs

Overview

  • Influence: Motivation programs
  • Domain: Curricula
  • Sub-Domain: Other curricula programs
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
  • Influence Definition: Motivation programs seek to inculcate motivation in students to focus on school learning.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 2
  • Number of studies: 91
  • Number of students: 42,097
  • Number of effects: 109
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.45
  • 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
Review of Educational Research Lazowski & Hulleman USA Motivation interventions in education: A meta-analytic review 2016 Motivation programs on achievement 74 38,377 92 0.49
Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies Wagner & Szamoskozi Romania Effects of Direct Academic Motivation-Enhancing Intervention Programs: A Meta-Analysis 2012 Motivation programs on achievement 17 3,720 17 0.29
TOTAL/AVERAGE 91 42,097 109 0.39
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