The very large effect found here is consistent with prior meta-analyses of creative drama, which report medium-to-huge positive effects on achievement¶

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q2 i? The review attributes to prior meta-analyses effect sizes including d = 1.255 (Ulubey & Toraman, 2015), d = 1.68 (Batdı & Batdı, 2015), d = 1.648 (Akdemir & Karakus, 2016), and d = 1.24 (Özbey & Sarıkaya, 2019), all positive and medium or higher. → Hafize Er-Türküresin 2020

Evidence¶

Hafize Er-Türküresin 2020¶

Hafize Er-Türküresin. (2020). The effect of using creative drama method on student achievement in the social studies course: A meta-analysis study. International Online Journal of Education and Teaching (IOJET), 7(4), 1881-1896. http://iojet.org/index.php/IOJET/article/view/1056

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

The review reports, citing Ulubey and Toraman (2015), a meta-analysis of 65 experimental studies finding a very wide positive effect (d = 1.255); it similarly attributes d = 1.68 to Batdı and Batdı (2015), d = 1.648 to Akdemir and Karakus (2016), and d = 1.24 to Özbey and Sarıkaya (2019).

"As a result of the analysis, it was determined that the creative drama method had a very wide (d = 1,255) positive effect size on the achievement of the course."

Hafize Er-Türküresin 2020 (2)¶

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

The review attributes to Özbey and Sarıkaya (2019) the pattern that drama shows broad positive effects in verbal courses and moderate positive effects in quantitative courses, and concludes creative drama is more effective in Social Studies course success.

"it was found that it had a broad and positive effect in terms of academic success in courses such as Social Studies, Turkish, English and Informatics, and it had a moderate, positive effect in quantitative courses such as Mathematics, Science and Technology (Özbey & Sarıkaya, 2019)."

Discussion¶

Studies published as articles showed a higher effect size (d = 1.486) than theses (d = 1.113) for creative drama in Social Studies — related
The creative drama method has a large positive effect on students' skill development — related
Effect size of creative drama on skills varies significantly with duration of experimental application, with longer applications showing larger effects — related
Effect size of creative drama does not vary significantly by skill type (social, basic language, higher thinking) — related
Effect size of creative drama on skills does not vary significantly by practitioner (researcher vs teacher) — related
Effect size of creative drama on skills varies significantly by publication type, with theses showing larger effects than articles — related
Effect size of creative drama on Social Studies achievement varies by grade level, largest at 8th grade (d = 2.733) and lowest at 4th grade (d = 0.709) — related
Effect of creative drama on skills varies significantly by level of schooling, highest at pre-school and lowest at high school — related
Effect sizes of creative drama studies published between 2006-2012 (d = 1.208) were higher than those published 2013-2020 (d = 1.168) — related
Creative drama method has a very large positive effect on Social Studies course achievement in favor of experimental groups (random-effects d = 1.171) — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
The article identifies creative drama, cooperative learning, educational games, and animations as particularly beneficial vocabulary-teaching methods — related
Across 169 meta-analyses, 254 variables with 427 effect sizes influence academic achievement; most variables have small or very small effects and none has a large, very large or huge negative effect — related
Thematic analysis of 14 studies of student views found creative drama produced influential outcomes across cognitive, creative/critical-thinking, learning-environment, and social-affective domains, along with negative aspects — related

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