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Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

Co- / team teaching

Overview

  • Influence: Co- / team teaching
  • Domain: Teaching Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Instructional strategies
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
  • Influence Definition: A practice in which pairs or groups of teachers collaborate on the delivery of course material.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 9
  • Number of studies: 355
  • Number of students: 28,419
  • Number of effects: 522
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.18
  • Robustness index: 3

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
Remedial and Special Education Murawski & Swanson USA A Meta-Analysis of Co-Teaching Research: Where Are the Data? 2001 Co-teaching 6 1,617 6 0.31
Journal of Research in Science Teaching Willett, Yamashita & Anderson USA A Meta-Analysis of Instructional Systems Applied in Science Teaching 1983 Co-teaching in science 130 0 41 0.06
Dissertation Khoury USA The effect of co-teaching on the academic achievement outcomes of students with disabilities: A meta-analytic synthesis 2014 Co-teaching with students with special needs 32 0 32 0.28
Report Vembye, Weiss, & Bhat Denmark The Effects of Co-Teaching and Related Collaborative Models of Instruction on Student Achievement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. 2022 Co-teaching 76 0 280 0.11
Scholarship of teaching and learning in psychology Liu & Beaujean China The effectiveness of team-based learning on academic outcomes: A meta-analysis. 2017 Team based 38 0 89 0.47
Research Square Yan Liang, & Ma China Impact of team-based learning on radiology education: A systematic review and meta-analysis 2019 Team based teaching in radiology 10 1,371 10 1.07
Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals Losinski, Sanders, & Parks-Ennis USA An Investigation of Co-Teaching to Improve Academic Achievement of Students with Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis. 2019 Co-teaching with students with special needs 9 0 10 -0.01
Educational Research Review King-Sears, Stefanidis, Berkeley & Strogilos USA Does Co-Teaching Improve Academic Achievement for Students with Disabilities? A Meta-Analysis 2021 Co-teaching with students with special needs 26 3,714 26 0.47
International Journal of Educational Research Stefanidis, King-Sears, Strogilos, Berkeley, DeLury, & Voulagka USA Academic achievement for students with and without disabilities in co-taught classrooms: A meta-analysis. 2023 Co-teaching 28 21,717 28 -0.12
TOTAL/AVERAGE 355 28,419 522 0.29
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