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Version 1.1 – Updated August 2021

Rehearsal and memorization

Overview

  • Influence: Rehearsal and memorization
  • Domain: Student Learning Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Learning strategies
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
  • Influence Definition: Rehearsal is a term used by memory researchers to refer to mental techniques for helping us remember information. It can involve many strategies such as repeating information to be memorized by organizing it at random and repeating the information when prompted by a visual cue, such as an index card or photograph.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 3
  • Number of studies: 132
  • Number of students: 0
  • Number of effects: 132
  • Effect size: 0.73

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Unpublished Thesis Lavery Self-regulated learning for academic success: An evaluation of instructional techniques 2008 Rehearsal and memorization 99 0 99 0.57
Educational Research Review Donker, de Boer, Kostons, van Ewijk, & Van der Werf Effectiveness of learning strategy instruction on academic performance: A meta-analysis. 2014 Rehearsal (Playing flashcards to learn new word) 10 0 10 1.39
Australian Journal of Education Purdie & Hattie The Relationship between Study Skills and Learning Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis 1999 Memorization 23 0 23 0.23
TOTAL/AVERAGE 132 0 132 0.73

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 1 2 2
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