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Matching teaching to style of learning

Overview

Influence: Matching teaching to style of learning
Domain: Student Learning Strategies
Sub-Domain: Student-focused interventions
Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
Influence Definition: Where different forms of teaching are tied to the students' preferred style of learning (e.g., kinesthetic (movement), visual, auditory, and tactile) for a specific task.

Evidence

Number of meta-analyses: 16
Number of studies: 795
Number of students: 102,809
Number of effects: 2,967
Weighted mean effect size: 0.33
Robustness index: 5

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
Journal of Research in Science Teaching	Tamir	Israel	Meta-Analysis of Cognitive Preferences and Learning	1985	Cognitive preference	54	0	13	0.02
Journal of Professional Nursing	Takase & Yoshida	Japan	The Relationships between the Types of Learning Approaches Used by Undergraduate Nursing Students and their Academic Achievement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.	2021	Learning approaches	11	1,830	12	0.54
Exceptional Children	Kavale & Forness	USA	Substance over style: Assessing the efficacy of modality testing and teaching	1987	Modality testing and teaching	39	0	318	0.75
Dissertation	Sullivan	USA	A meta-analysis of experimental research studies based on the Dunn and Dunn Learning Style Model and its relationship to academic achievement and performance	1993	Dunn and Dunn Learning styles matched to achievement	42	3,434	42	0.75
Dissertation	Iliff	USA	Kolb Learning Style Inventory: A meta-analysis	1994	Kolb Learning Style matched to achievement	101	0	486	0.33
Journal of Educational Research	Dunn, Griggs, Olson, Beasley & Gorman	USA	A meta-analytic validation of the Dunn and Dunn model of learning-style preferences	1995	Interventions to enhance matching learning style on achievement	36	3,181	65	0.76
Journal of Classroom Interaction	Garlinger & Frank	USA	Teacher-Student Cognitive Style and Academic Achievement: A Review and Mini-Meta-Analysis	1986	Field independence/dependence on achievement	7	1,531	7	-0.03
Dissertation	Slemmer	USA	The effect of learning styles on student achievement in various hypertext, hypermedia, and technology-enhanced learning environments: a meta-analysis	2002	Learning styles in hyper/technology environments	48	5,908	51	0.13
Dissertation	Mangino	USA	A meta-analysis of Dunn and Dunn model correlational research with adult populations	2004	Dunn and Dunn Learning styles for adults	47	8,661	386	0.54
Journal of Educational Research	Lovelace	USA	Meta-Analysis of Experimental Research Based on the Dunn and Dunn Model	2005	Dunn and Dunn Learning styles matched to achievement	76	7,196	168	0.67
Dissertation	Salvione	USA	Meta-analysis of Correlational Studies Based on the Dunn and Dunn Model Conducted with Elementary School Populations	2007	Dunn and Dunn learning styles for students	34	7,093	677	0.28
Learning and Individual Differences	Peterson & Meissel	New Zealand	The effect of Cognitive Style Analysis (CSA) test on achievement: A meta-analytic review.	2015	verbal-imagery vs holistic thinking	15	0	15	0.16
Book	Ay	Turkey	The Effect of Learning Types/Styles on Student Achievement	2017	Learning styles	60	26,391	60	0.47
Psychological Bulletin	Phillips, Fletcher, Marks & Hine	USA	Thinking styles and decision making: A meta-analysis.	2016	Reflection thinking styles on performance	89	17,704	68	0.22
Psychological Bulletin	Phillips, Fletcher, Marks & Hine	USA	Thinking styles and decision making: A meta-analysis.	2016	Intuition thinking styles on performance	89	17,704	49	-0.18
Dissertation	Smith	USA	Meta-analysis of the efficacy of sensory integration training	2011	Sensory integration styles	47	2,176	550	0.25
TOTAL/AVERAGE						795	102,809	2,967	0.35

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