High school students taught with self-study followed by discussion achieved higher immediate retention and near-transfer scores than those taught with lecture followed by discussion¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q3 · i2–i3
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i2 Self-study students scored higher on immediate retention than lecture students (d = 0.47). → Jaeseo Lim and Jooyong Park 2026 q3 i3 Self-study students scored higher on immediate near-transfer than lecture students (d = 1.03). → Jaeseo Lim and Jooyong Park 2026 (2)

Evidence¶

Jaeseo Lim and Jooyong Park 2026¶

Jaeseo Lim and Jooyong Park (2026). Self-study followed by discussion enhances learning for high school students. Instructional Science (2026) 54:56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-026-09801-7

q3 · i2 · causal · r2

Experiment with 73 grade-12 South Korean students randomly assigned to lecture-followed-by-discussion (n = 35) or self-study-followed-by-discussion (n = 38). The stated significant difference was "statistically significant, t(71) = 2.12, p = .038, d = 0.47, indicating a moderate effect size."

"Students in the self-study condition (M = 4.32, SD = 1.38) achieved higher immediate retention scores than those in the lecture condition (M = 3.63, SD = 1.40), as shown in Table 2."

Jaeseo Lim and Jooyong Park 2026 (2)¶

Jaeseo Lim and Jooyong Park (2026). Self-study followed by discussion enhances learning for high school students. Instructional Science (2026) 54:56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-026-09801-7

q3 · i3 · causal · r2

Same randomized two-condition experiment; immediate near-transfer contrast reported as "statistically significant, t(71) = 4.42, p < .001, d = 1.03, indicating a large effect" (transfer items worth 18 points).

"Students in the self-study condition (M = 9.40, SD = 2.75) outperformed those in the lecture condition (M = 6.40, SD = 3.04)."

Discussion¶

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