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Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

Seeking help from peers

Overview

  • Influence: Seeking help from peers
  • Domain: Student Learning Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Meta-cognitive/self-regulated learning
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
  • Influence Definition: Programs to teach students how to seek help, work with, learn from, and evaluate their progress and quality with peers

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 2
  • Number of studies: 42
  • Number of students: 0
  • Number of effects: 42
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.68
  • Robustness index: 1

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
Nature: Science of Learning Hattie & Donoghue Australia Learning strategies: A synthesis and conceptual model 2016 Seeking help from peers 21 0 21 0.83
Medical Education Brierley UK Peer-assisted learning in medical education: A systematic review and meta-analysis.  2022 Seeking help from peers in medical school 21 0 21 0.52
TOTAL/AVERAGE 42 0 42 0.68
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