Philosophy in schools
Overview
- Influence: Philosophy in schools
- Domain: Teaching Strategies
- Sub-Domain: Instructional strategies
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
- Influence Definition: Philosophy for Children aims to teach reasoning and argumentative skills to children.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 3
- Number of studies: 38
- Number of students: 3,940
- Number of effects: 38
- Effect size: 0.53
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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Research Papers in Education | Trickey & Topping | Scotland | Collaborative philosophical enquiry for school children: participant evaluation at 11-12 years. | 2007 | Philosophy in schools | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0.43 |
Thinking: The journal of philosophy for children | Garcia-Moriyon, Rebollo, & Colom | Spain | Evaluating Philosophy for Children: A meta-analysis. | 2005 | Philosophy in schools | 18 | 2,431 | 18 | 0.58 |
Analytic teaching and Philosophical Praxis | Yan, Walters, Wang, & Wang | USA | Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of philosophy for children programs on students' cognitive outcomes | 2018 | Philosophy in schools | 10 | 1,509 | 10 | 0.58 |
TOTAL/AVERAGE | 38 | 3,940 | 38 | 0.53 |
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 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |