The most effective biology conceptual change interventions dealt with more simplified phenomena such as the cardiovascular system¶

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Subclaims¶

q4 i? The interventions with the largest effects targeted more simplified phenomena, such as the cardiovascular system of the human body. → Aleknavičiūtė 2023

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

q4 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Moderator observation from the meta-analysis: the authors report that "the most effective interventions dealt with more simplified phenomena, such as the cardiovascular system of the human body", qualifying the overall large-effect finding. No per-topic effect sizes are printed in the supplied text.

"However, the most effective interventions dealt with more simplified phenomena, such as the cardiovascular system of the human body."

Discussion¶

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