Scaffolding and situated learning

Overview

Influence: Scaffolding and situated learning
Domain: Teaching Strategies
Sub-Domain: Instructional strategies
Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
Influence Definition: Situated learning is premised on the assumption that learning takes place in a social context, and that students will learn best if the subject matter is taught in a meaningful, realistic, and contextually rich way that enables students to understand its relationship to what they already know. Advocates of situated learning suggest that it depends upon scaffolding, a common educational practice by which a teacher establishes and then gradually removes outside assistance that enable students to complete educational tasks. Situated learning involves students in cooperative activities where they are challenged to use their critical thinking and kinesthetic abilities.

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
Educational Technology and Society	Belland, Walker, Olsen, & Leary	USA	A pilot meta-analysis of computer-based scaffolding in STEM education	2015	Scaffolding on achievement	7	0	17	0.53
Book	Belland, Walker, Olsen, & Leary	USA	Habitus, scaffolding, and problem-based learning: Why teachers' experiences as students matter	2012	Scaffolding on STEM outcomes	144	0	333	0.46
Education Psychological Review	Vogel, Wecker, Kollar, & Fischer	Germany	Socio-cognitive scaffolding with computer-supported collaboration scripts: A meta-analysis	2017	Scaffolding with Computer supported collaboration scripts	22	2,825	45	0.20
Dissertation	Kim	USA	The Effect of Situated Learning on Knowledge Transfer of Students with and without Disabilities in Inclusive Classrooms: A Meta-Analysis	2012	Situated learning	19	2,501	36	1.12
Educational Psychology Review	Cai, Mao, Wang, He, Chen, & Fan	China	Effects of Scaffolding in Digital Game-Based Learning on Student's Achievement: a Three-Level Meta-analysis.	2022	Scaffolding in digital games	49	5,906	154	0.43
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning	Doo, Bonk, & Heo	Korea	A meta-analysis of scaffolding effects in online learning in higher education.	2020	Scaffolding in elearning	18	4,852	68	0.87
Early Education and Development	Pesco & Gagne	Canada	Early Education and Development	2017	Scaffolding	15	0	28	0.61
TOTAL/AVERAGE						274	16,084	681	0.60