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)¶

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q2 i2 Grade-level moderator analysis found the 8th grade had the huge effect size (d = 2.733, based on only 2 studies) and the 4th grade the lowest (d = 0.709, moderate). → Hafize Er-Türküresin 2020

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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

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Grade-level moderator analysis in Table 4 of the meta-analysis: 4th grade d = 0.709 (5 studies), 5th grade d = 1.019, 6th grade d = 1.446, 7th grade d = 0.900, 8th grade d = 2.733. The article notes only 2 studies were conducted at the 8th-grade level.

"it was determined that the class with the huge effect size was the 8th grade (d = 2,733) and the class with the lowest effect size was the 4th grade (d = 0,709)."

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