Task complexity
Overview
- Influence: Task complexity
- Domain: Teaching Strategies
- Sub-Domain: Learning intentions
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
- Influence Definition: Task complexity relates the number of levels of cognitive processing, the tasks involved in the lesson, and the amount of switching between surface and deeper ideas.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 3
- Number of studies: 331
- Number of students: 189,973
- Number of effects: 413
- Weighted mean effect size: 0.62
- Robustness index: 4
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 |
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Language Learning | Jackson & Suethanapornkul | USA | The cognition hypotheses: A synthesis and meta-analysis of research on second language task complexity. | 2013 | Increasing task complexity | 17 | 0 | 99 | 0.09 |
Human Performance | Woznyj, Banks, Dunn, Berka, & Woehr | USA | Re-introducing cognitive complexity: A meta-analysis and agenda for future research. | 2020 | Complexity of achievement and work outcomes | 74 | 189,973 | 74 | 0.39 |
Conference paper | Norris, Sasayama, & Malicka | USA | Meta-analysis of task complexity effects on L2 performance: Implications for assessment. Germany. European Association for Language Testing | 2018 | Increasing complexity, reducing extraneous load | 240 | 0 | 240 | 0.73 |
TOTAL/AVERAGE | 331 | 189,973 | 413 | 0.40 |