The effect of drama on social studies achievement does not differ significantly by grade level (grades 4–7)¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r3 · q3
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q3 i? Between-group homogeneity testing showed no statistically significant difference in effect sizes across grade levels (QB=1.220 < X2=7.815; p=0.748), although descriptive effect sizes ranged from 0.951 (4th grade) to 1.265 (7th grade). → Yildirim 2022

Evidence¶

Yildirim 2022¶

Yildirim, E., Tikman, F., & Senturk, M. (2022). Meta-analysis on the effectiveness of using the drama approach in social studies course. International Journal on Social and Education Sciences (IJonSES), 4(1), 17-33. https://doi.org/10.46328/ijonses.301

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Moderator analysis across 12 studies with 4th graders, 10 with 5th, 6 with 6th, and 10 with 7th graders. Descriptive effect sizes were 0.951, 1.134, 1.194, and 1.265 respectively, but the between-group test showed "no statistically significant difference between the groups".

"Since the value of homogeneity, which was QB=1.220, calculated in this study was smaller than the accepted critical value of 7.815 (QB=1.220.05), it could be assumed that there was no statistically significant difference between the groups."

Discussion¶

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