Differentiation

Overview

Influence: Differentiation
Domain: Student Learning Strategies
Sub-Domain: Student-focused interventions
Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
Influence Definition: Differentiation refers to a wide variety of teaching techniques and lesson adaptations that educators use to instruct and meet the individual needs of a diverse group of students. It can involve different activities, different groups of students, recognition of multiple pathways and varying time to complete the tasks.

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
MathEd Database	Kim	Korea	A meta-analysis on the effects of differentiated instruction in mathematics.	2018	Differentiation	49	0	80	0.68
Frontiers in Psychology	Smale-Jacobse, Meijer, Helms-Lorenz, & Maulana	Netherlands	Differentiated instruction in secondary education: A systematic review of research evidence.	2019	Differentiation	14	0	14	0.74
Review of Educational Research	Puzio, Colby, & Algeo-Nichols	USA	Differentiated Literacy Instruction: Boondoggle or Best Practice?	2020	Differentiation in literacy	18	9,579	25	0.13
Educational Research Review	Deunk, Smale-Jacobse, de Boer, Doolard, & Bosker	Netherlands	Effective differentiation practices: A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on the cognitive effects of differentiation practices in primary education.	2018	Differentiation	21	0	78	0.30
China Distance Education	Yang, Liu, & Sun	China	The impact of differentiated teaching on the academic performance of students in vocational schools.	2022	Differentiation	26	0	42	0.64
Integrity Journal of Education and Training	Safawi & Akay	Afghanistan	The effect of differentiated instruction approach on students' academic achievement and attitudes: A meta-analysis study.	2022	Differentiation	23	0	23	0.79
TOTAL/AVERAGE						151	9,579	262	0.55