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Version 1.1 – Updated August 2021

Tactile stimulation

Overview

  • Influence: Tactile stimulation
  • Domain: Curricula
  • Sub-Domain: Other curricula programs
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
  • Influence Definition: Students who struggle with achievement in school are provided with tactile stimulation and environment manipulation aimed to increase focus and time-on-task and attention.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 1
  • Number of studies: 19
  • Number of students: 505
  • Number of effects: 14
  • Effect size: 0.36

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
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. Ottenbacher, Muller, Brandt, Heintzelman, Hojem, & Sharpe USA The effectiveness of tactile stimulation as a form of early intervention: a quantitative evaluation 1987 Tactile stimulation on cognitive/language 19 505 14 0.36
TOTAL/AVERAGE 19 505 14 0.36

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 1 2 1 1 1
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