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Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

Constructivist teaching

Overview

  • Influence: Constructivist teaching
  • Domain: Teaching Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Instructional strategies
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
  • Influence Definition: Constructivist teaching involves providing students with learner-centered, active instruction, where students explore ideas, propositions, explanations, solutions and take subsequent actions.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 8
  • Number of studies: 531
  • Number of students: 16,980
  • Number of effects: 659
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.90
  • Robustness index: 4

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
Anthropologist Erisen & Gunay Turkey A meta-analysis into the effectiveness of doctoral dissertations on constructivist learning. 2015 Constructivist in doctoral thesis 27 2,065 27 1.10
Journal of Education and Training Studies Semerci & Batdi Turkey A Meta-Analysis of Constructivist Learning Approach on Learners' Academic Achievements, Retention and Attitudes. 2015 Constructivist teaching 28 0 28 1.08
Educational Studies Li, Din, & Zhang China Effects of learner-centred education on academic achievement: a meta-analysis.  2021 Learner centered education 42 0 72 0.54
International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education Selçuk & Yilmaz Turkey The effect of constructivist learning approach and active learning on environmental education: A meta-analysis study 2020 Constructivist teaching 57 6,237 114 1.04
Malikussaleh Journal of Mathematics Learning Ulum & Tümkaya Turkey The Effect of Student-Centred Methods and Techniques on Primary School Students' Mathematics Achievement: A Meta-Analysis Study.  2022 Student centered teaching 63 0 66 0.79
Journal of Practical Studies in Education Tutal Turkey Does context-based learning increase academic achievement and learning retention?: A review based on meta-analysis. 2023 Context based learning 42 3,938 54 0.97
The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher Ting, Shroff, Lam, Garcia, Chan, Tsang, & Ezeamuzie Hong Kong A Meta-analysis of Studies on the Effects of Active Learning on Asian Students' Performance in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Subjects. T 2022 Active learning on STEM 38 4,740 38 0.66
Dicle University Journal of Ziya Gokalp Education Faculty Üzüm & Özbek Turkey The effect of learner-centered methods recommended in the english language curriculum on academic achievement: a meta-analysis study.  2023 Learner centered education 234 0 260 0.95
TOTAL/AVERAGE 531 16,980 659 0.89
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