Science conceptual change programs
Overview
- Influence: Science conceptual change programs
- Domain: Curricula
- Sub-Domain: Math and sciences
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
- Influence Definition: Teaching for conceptual change involves uncovering students' preconceptions about a particular topic and using various techniques to help students change their conceptual framework.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 3
- Number of studies: 330
- Number of students: 18,051
- Number of effects: 386
- Weighted mean effect size: 1.05
- Robustness index: 4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Research Quarterly | Guzzetti, Snyder, Glass & Gamas | USA | Promoting conceptual change in science: A comparative meta-analysis of instructional interventions from reading education and science education. | 1993 | Conceptual change in science | 70 | 0 | 126 | 0.81 |
| Procedia: Social and Behavioral Sciences | Armagan, Keskin & Akin | Turkey | Effectiveness of conceptual change texts: a Meta analysis | 2010 | Conceptual change texts on achievement | 42 | 0 | 42 | 1.16 |
| Dissertation | Paçaci | Turkey | Effectiveness of conceptual change strategies in science education: A meta-analysis | 2022 | Conceptual change texts on achievement | 218 | 18,051 | 218 | 1.10 |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 330 | 18,051 | 386 | 1.02 | |||||