Using computerized systems as a differentiation tool has small to moderate positive effects on primary students' language and math performance¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? The meta-analysis found that using computerized systems as a differentiation tool had small to moderate positive effects on students' performance. → Deunk 2018

Evidence¶

Deunk 2018¶

Deunk, M. I., Jacobse, A. E., de Boer, H., Doolaard, S., & Bosker, R. J. (2018). Effective differentiation Practices: A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on the cognitive effects of differentiation practices in primary education. Educational Research Review, 24, 31-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2018.02.002

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Systematic review and meta-analysis of empirical studies on differentiation in primary education. The review reports that "using computerized systems as a differentiation tool" had "small to moderate positive effects on students’ performance"; the abstract prints no specific effect size value.

"We found that using computerized systems as a differentiation tool and using differentiation as part of a broader program or reform had small to moderate positive effects on students’ performance."

Discussion¶

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