"
Skip to Content
Version 1.1 – Updated August 2021

Outlining and summarizing

Overview

  • Influence: Outlining and summarizing
  • Domain: Student Learning Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Learning strategies
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
  • Influence Definition: Involves identifying the main ideas and rendering them in one’s own words. The core skill is being able to distinguish between the main ideas and the supporting ideas and examples.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 5
  • Number of studies: 263
  • Number of students: 0
  • Number of effects: 263
  • Effect size: 0.71

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
Unpublished Dissertation Lavery Self-regulated learning for academic success: An evaluation of instructional techniques 2008 Outlining & transforming 89 0 89 0.85
Educational Research Review Donker, de Boer, Kostons, van Ewijk, & Van der Werf Effectiveness of learning strategy instruction on academic performance: A meta-analysis 2014 Organization Graphics Organizers 32 0 32 0.81
Educational Research Review Dignath, Buettner, & Langfeldt Netherlands How can primary school students learn self-regulated learning strategies most effectively?: A meta-analysis on self-regulation training programmes 2008 Organization 50 0 50 0.75
Australian Journal of Education Purdie & Hattie The Relationship between Study Skills and Learning Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis 1999 Organization 22 0 22 0.23
Education & Science Kansizoglu Turkey The Effect of Graphic Organizers on Language Teaching and Learning Areas: A Meta-Analysis Study 2017 Graphic organizers 70 0 70 0.90
TOTAL/AVERAGE 263 0 263 0.71

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 3 4 1 2 3
Back to top