Meta-Analyses
| Dissertation |
El-Nemr |
Meta-analysis of the outcomes of teaching biology as inquiry |
1980 |
Traditional vs. inquiry method for biology |
59 |
NA |
250 |
0.17 |
| Evaluation in Education |
Bredderman |
Process curricula in elementary school service |
1980 |
Textbooks vs. process curricula |
50 |
NA |
17 |
0.12 |
| Journal of Research in Science Teaching |
Weinstein, Boulanger, & Walberg |
Science curriculum effects in high school: A quantitative synthesis |
1982 |
Science curriculum effects |
33 |
19,149 |
151 |
0.31 |
| Review of Educational Research |
Bredderman |
Effects of Activity-based Elementary Science on Student Outcomes: A Quantitative Synthesis |
1983 |
Activity based methods |
57 |
13,000 |
400 |
0.35 |
| Journal of Research in Science Teaching |
Shymansky, Kyle, & Alport |
The effects of new science curricula on student performance |
1983 |
New science curricula |
105 |
45,626 |
341 |
0.43 |
| Journal of Research in Science Teaching |
Wise & Okey |
A meta-analysis of the effects of various science teaching strategies on achievement |
1983 |
Science teaching strategies |
160 |
NA |
400 |
0.34 |
| The American Biology Teacher |
Shymansky |
BSCS programs: Just how effective were they? |
1984 |
Biology science curricula |
47 |
6,035 |
43 |
0.64 |
| Learning Disability Quarterly |
Kaldenberg, Watt, & Therrien |
Reading Instruction in Science for Students With Learning Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis |
2015 |
Reading instruction in science |
12 |
974 |
20 |
0.98 |
| Learning Disability Quarterly |
Kaldenberg, Watt, & Therrien |
Reading instruction in science for students with learning disabilities: A meta-analysis |
2015 |
Projects |
41 |
NA |
42 |
1.00 |
| Dissertation |
Schmidt |
Trends in k-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (stem) education and student achievement: a meta-analysis |
2016 |
Science and Math instructional programs |
14 |
NA |
14 |
0.57 |
| Review of Educational Research |
Ross |
Controlling Variables: A Meta-Analysis of Training Studies |
1988 |
Controlling experiment variables while teaching science |
65 |
NA |
65 |
0.73 |
| Developmental Review |
Schwichow, Crocker, Zimmerman, Hoffler, & Hartig |
Teaching the control-of-variables strategy: A meta-analysis. |
2016 |
Controlling experiment variables while teaching science |
72 |
NA |
72 |
0.61 |
| Review of Educational Research |
Donnelly & Linn |
Impacts and characteristics of computer-based science inquiry learning environments for precollege students. |
2014 |
Inquiry delivery systems |
44 |
NA |
44 |
0.87 |
| Conference paper |
Horak |
A Meta-Analysis of Learning Science Concepts from Textual Materials |
1985 |
Learning science from textual materials |
40 |
NA |
472 |
0.57 |
| Reading Research Quarterly |
Guzzetti, Snyder, Glass, & Gamas |
Meta-analysis of instructional interventions from reading education and science education to promote conceptual change in science |
1995 |
Conceptual change in science |
23 |
NA |
35 |
0.29 |
| Clearing House |
Wise |
Strategies for teaching science: What works? |
1996 |
Strategies for science teaching |
140 |
NA |
375 |
0.32 |
| Journal of Research in Science Teaching |
Schroeder, Scott, Tolson, Huang & Lee |
A Meta-Analysis of National Research: Effects of Teaching strategies on Student Achievement in Science in the United States |
2007 |
Teaching strategies in science |
61 |
159,695 |
61 |
0.67 |
| Conference paper |
Pellegrini & Heroux |
Secondary Science Classrooms Gained From Technological Design: A Meta-Analysis |
2011 |
Technological design curricula |
118 |
2,297 |
118 |
0.51 |
| Learning Disabilities Research and Practice |
Therrien, Taylor, Hosp Kaldenberg & Gorsh |
Science instruction for students with learning disabilities: A meta-analysis |
2011 |
Science programs for LD students |
12 |
NA |
17 |
0.77 |
| Journal of Technology and Science Education |
Badeo & Duque |
The effect of Socio-Scientific Issues (SSI) in teaching science: A meta-analysis study. |
2022 |
Teaching socio-scientific issues |
12 |
NA |
12 |
1.08 |
| Conference paper |
Sahin & Bae |
A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between the Science Writing Heuristic and Academic Achievement. |
2020 |
Science argumentative inquiry |
12 |
NA |
12 |
1.08 |
| Educational Research and Evaluation |
Engelmann, Neuhaus & Fischer |
Fostering scientific reasoning in education – meta-analytic evidence from intervention studies |
2016 |
Scientific reasoning |
30 |
4,443 |
30 |
0.71 |
| Journal of Science Education Technology |
Hummel & Randler |
Living animals in the classroom: A meta-analysis on learning outcome and a treatment-control study focusing on knowledge and motivation. |
2012 |
Living animals vs alternative (e.g., films) in science |
28 |
NA |
28 |
0.23 |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE |
1,235 |
251,219 |
3,019 |
0.58 |
