Text generation interventions improve learning with texts compared to reading them, with a medium overall effect (g = 0.41)¶
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q3 i2 Across 129 effect sizes from 20 studies, generation interventions improved learning with texts compared to reading them with a medium-sized overall effect of g = 0.41. → Julia Schindler · Tobias Richter 2023
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Julia Schindler · Tobias Richter 2023¶
Julia Schindler · Tobias Richter. (2023). Text Generation Benefits Learning: a Meta-Analytic Review. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09758-w
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Three-level random-effects meta-analysis of k = 129 effect sizes nested in 74 unique samples (N = 3,551 participants) from 20 experimental studies comparing text generation to reading control conditions. The article reports "a medium-sized positive overall text generation effect" with significant heterogeneity, Q(128) = 528.26, p < 0.001.
"We found a medium-sized positive overall text generation effect, k = 129; g = 0.41, SE = 0.05, p < 0.001; 95% CI [0.31, 0.52]."
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Text generation interventions improve learning with texts compared to reading them, with a medium overall effect (g = 0.41) |
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Text generation interventions improve learning with texts compared to reading them, with a medium overall effect (g = 0.41) |
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