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Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

Simulations

Overview

  • Influence: Simulations
  • Domain: Technology, School, and Out-of-School Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Gaming
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 14
  • Number of studies: 786
  • Number of students: 12,093
  • Number of effects: 1,087
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.59
  • 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
Journal of Educational Research Dekkers & Donatti Australia The integration of research studies on the use of simulation as an instructional strategy 1981 Simulations and achievement 93 0 93 0.33
Psychological Reports Remmer & Jernstedt USA Comparative effectiveness of simulation games in secondary and college level instruction: A meta-analysis. 1982 Computer simulations 21 0 21 0.20
Dissertation Szczurek USA Meta-analysis of simulation games effectiveness for cognitive learning 1982 Simulation games 58 0 58 0.33
Dissertation Lee USA The effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction and computer programming in elementary and secondary mathematics: A meta-analysis. 1990 Simulations on achievement 19 0 34 0.28
Conference paper McKenna USA Animation, Simulation and Virtual Reality. 1991 Simulations in economics 26 0 118 0.38
International Journal of Instructional Media Lee USA Effectiveness of Computer-Based Instructional Simulation: A Meta-Analysis 1999 Computer simulations 19 0 19 0.40
Theory and Research in Social Education VanSickle USA A quantitative review of research on instructional simulation gaming: A twenty-year perspective 1986 Instructional simulation gaming 42 0 42 0.43
Dissertation Armstrong USA Computer-Based Simulations in Learning Environments: A Meta-Analysis of Outcomes 1991 Computers and simulations and games 43 0 43 0.29
Personnel Psychology Sitzmann USA A meta-analytic examination of the instructional effectiveness of computer-based simulation games. 2011 Computer simulations 65 4,518 68 0.30
Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education Kim, Park & Shin Korea Systematic review of Korean studies on simulation within nursing education. 2013 Simulation based systems 40 0 40 0.70
Report D'Angelo, Rutstein, Harris, Bernard, Borokhovski, & Haertel USA Simulations for STEM learning: Systematic review and meta-analysis 2014 Simulations in STEM 40 0 36 0.67
Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie Chernikova, Holzberger, Heitzmann, Stadler, Seidel, & Fischer Germany Where salience goes beyond authenticity.  2023 Simulation based learning 214 0 409 0.94
Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry Robledo & Prudente Turkey Effectiveness of Simulation-Based Activities vs. Traditional Interventions in Teaching Biology: A Meta-Analysis. 2021 Simulations 15 0 15 0.77
International Journal of Technology in Education and Science Talan Turkey The Effect of Simulation Technique on Academic Achievement: A Meta-Analysis Study 2021 Simulations 91 7,575 91 0.76
TOTAL/AVERAGE 786 12,093 1,087 0.48
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