Teacher clarity
Overview
- Influence: Teacher clarity
- Domain: Teacher
- Sub-Domain: Teacher attributes
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
- Influence Definition: Teacher clarity relates to organization, explanation, examples and guided practice, and assessment of student learning. It can involve clearly communicating the intentions of the lessons and the success criteria. Clear learning intentions describe the skills, knowledge, attitudes, and values that the student needs to learn.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 3
- Number of studies: 101
- Number of students: 14,853
- Number of effects: 239
- Effect size: 0.84
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unpublished thesis | Fendick | USA | The Correlation Between Teacher Clarity of Communication and Student Achievement Gain: A Meta-Analysis | 1991 | Teacher clarity on outcomes | 39 | 0 | 100 | 0.75 |
| Communication Education | Titsworth, Mazer, Goodboy, Bolkan & Myers | USA | Two meta-analyses exploring the relationship between teacher clarity and student learning. | 2015 | Teacher clarity on outcomes | 25 | 8,241 | 25 | 0.72 |
| Communication Education | Titsworth, Mazer, Goodboy, Bolkan & Myers | USA | Two meta-analyses exploring the relationship between teacher clarity and student learning. | 2015 | Teacher clarity on outcomes | 37 | 6,612 | 114 | 1.04 |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 101 | 14,853 | 239 | 0.84 | |||||
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:
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Number of Meta-analyses
- 1 = 1
- 2 = 2–3
- 3 = 4–6
- 4 = 7–9
- 5 = 10+
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Number of Studies
- 1 = 1–10
- 2 = 11–50
- 3 = 51–200
- 4 = 201–400
- 5 = 400+
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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+
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Number of Effects
- 1 = 1–100
- 2 = 101–300
- 3 = 301–600
- 4 = 601–1,200
- 5 = 1,200+
| Number of Meta-Analyses | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Overall Confidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confidence Factor | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |