Biology conceptual change interventions have been conducted at all educational levels, most commonly with upper secondary students, with a median sample of 78 participants¶

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q3 i? Intervention studies occurred at all levels of education, with upper secondary students the most common population. → Aleknavičiūtė 2023 q3 i? Sample sizes ranged widely, with a mean of 117 participants and a median of 78. → Aleknavičiūtė 2023 (2)

Evidence¶

Aleknavičiūtė 2023¶

Aleknavičiūtė, V., Lehtinen, E., & Södervik, I. (2023). Thirty years of conceptual change research in biology – A review and meta-analysis of intervention studies. Educational Research Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2023.100556

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Population mapping of the 96 studies: "Intervention studies were conducted at all levels of education", with kindergarten the smallest group and "The most common group to investigate conceptual change in the biology field was upper secondary school students"; higher-education science students were also common.

"Intervention studies were conducted at all levels of education (Table 5)."

Aleknavičiūtė 2023 (2)¶

Aleknavičiūtė, V., Lehtinen, E., & Södervik, I. (2023). Thirty years of conceptual change research in biology – A review and meta-analysis of intervention studies. Educational Research Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2023.100556

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r3

Sample-size descriptives across the reviewed studies: "The mean sample size was 117 participants (SD = 139)", median 78, mode 82; the smallest sample was eight students and the largest 725.

"The mean sample size was 117 participants (SD = 139), whereas the median was 78 (the lower quartile, 37 participants; the upper quartile, 120 participants) and the mode was 82."

Discussion¶

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