Interventions targeting motivation produce positive achievement outcomes of medium average size (d = 0.49) regardless of which motivation theory underlies them¶

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q3 i2 The Lazowski and Hulleman (2016) meta-analysis found motivation interventions led to positive achievement outcomes with average Cohen's d of 0.49, and all motivation theories performed about equally well. → Vu 2021

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Vu 2021¶

Vu, T., Magis-Weinberg, L., Jansen, B. R. J., van Atteveldt, N., Jansen, T. W. P. J., Lee, N. C., van der Maas, H. L. J., Raijmakers, M. E. J., Sachisthal, M. S. M., & Meeter, M. (2021). Motivation-Achievement Cycles in Learning: a Literature Review and Research Agenda. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09616-7

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The review reports the Lazowski and Hulleman (2016) meta-analysis of interventions and randomized controlled field studies manipulating motivation constructs: "interventions targeting motivation usually led to positive outcomes on achievement" with "average Cohen ’s d of 0.49", and theory type did not matter.

"The meta-analysis of these studies by Lazowski and Hulleman (2016) showed that, while interventions targeting motivation usually led to positive outcomes on achievement (medium effect size; average Cohen ’s d of 0.49), it did not matter which theory was at the basis of the intervention — all theories of motivation performed about equally well."

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