Toward a set of design principles for mathematics flipped classrooms: A synthesis of research in mathematics education
We examined the following four major issues: (a) the types of out-of-class and in-class instructional activities used, (b) the effect of flipped learning on student achievement, (c) the participant perceptions of flipped classroom benefits, and (d) the main challenges of flipped classroom implementations. A meta-analysis of 21 comparison studies showed an overall significant effect in favor of the flipped classroom over the traditional classroom for mathematics education (Hedges' g = 0.298, 95% CI [0.16, 0.44]), with no evidence of publication bias. A broader research synthesis of 61 studies revealed that the flipped cla...
Source: Educational Research Review - August 24, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Researchers under the spell of the arts: Two decades of using arts-based methods in community-Based inquiry with vulnerable populations
We described the reported rationales, benefits and limitations, and presented a definition of arts-based methods as used in community-based inquiry. Four challenges were reported: the need to support researchers to explore alternative analytical approaches, the need for methodological reflections, the need to reflect on the voice-component in this work, and the need to push the boundaries of what counts as ‘the’ academic standard. Despite the challenges involved in working on the thin line between art and research, the learning curve it creates for researchers, its value in terms of creating understanding and its capac...
Source: Educational Research Review - August 17, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

The return of behaviourist epistemology: A review of learning outcomes studies
Publication date: Available online 10 August 2017 Source:Educational Research Review Author(s): Mari Murtonen, Hans Gruber, Erno Lehtinen Learning outcomes as a concept has encountered a revival since the beginning of the Bologna process in 1999. The concept itself has a longer history with its roots in the behaviourist tradition of the 1960s. The goal of this review is to study how the historical roots of learning outcomes are noted in current research articles since the launch of the Bologna process and whether the concept of learning outcomes is used critically or uncritically. The review of 90 articles shows that ...
Source: Educational Research Review - August 10, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Teaching creativity in art and design studio classes: A systematic literature review
Publication date: Available online 26 July 2017 Source:Educational Research Review Author(s): R. Keith Sawyer It is increasingly important for educators to help students develop as creative individuals, and to prepare graduates to think creatively at work, in personal life, and in society. Many countries are working to transform schooling to lead to creative learning outcomes. And yet, very little is known about how to teach for creativity. This review was motivated by the belief that effective models of creative teaching and learning would be found in art and design educational practice. The goal of this systematic rev...
Source: Educational Research Review - July 27, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Technology-Enhanced mathematics instruction: A Second-Order Meta-Analysis of 30 years of research
Publication date: Available online 19 July 2017 Source:Educational Research Review Author(s): Jamaal Young It is important to assess the cumulative effects of technology on student achievement captured in the last 30 years of technologyenhanced mathematics instruction. Synthesizing the thousands of articles and gray literature on this subject is necessary but would require a considerable commitment of academic resources. A second-order metaanalysis or meta-analysis of meta-analyses is an alternative that is reasonable and effective. Thus, a second-order meta-analysis of 19 prior meta-analyses with minimum overlap betwee...
Source: Educational Research Review - July 20, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Four key challenges to the design of blended learning: A  systematic literature review
Publication date: November 2017 Source:Educational Research Review, Volume 22 Author(s): Ruth Boelens, Bram De Wever, Michiel Voet The design of blended learning environments brings with it four key challenges: (1) incorporating flexibility, (2) stimulating interaction, (3) facilitating students' learning processes, and (4) fostering an affective learning climate. Seeing that attempts to resolve these challenges are fragmented across the literature, a systematic review was performed. Starting from 640 sources, 20 studies on the design of blended learning environments were selected through a staged procedure based on t...
Source: Educational Research Review - June 23, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Four key challenges to the design of blended learning: A systematic literature review
Publication date: Available online 10 June 2017 Source:Educational Research Review Author(s): Ruth Boelens, Bram De Wever, Michiel Voet The design of blended learning environments brings with it four key challenges: (1) incorporating flexibility, (2) stimulating interaction, (3) facilitating students’ learning processes, and (4) fostering an affective learning climate. Seeing that attempts to resolve these challenges are fragmented across the literature, a systematic review was performed. Starting from 640 sources, 20 studies on the design of blended learning environments were selected through a staged procedure bas...
Source: Educational Research Review - June 11, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Is mobile instant messaging (MIM) useful in education? Examining its technological, pedagogical, and social affordances
This study is the first to systematically review the use of MIM in educational settings. Our search procedure yielded 39 empirical studies from six major educational databases. Using Kirschner et al.’s (2004) conceptual framework, we reviewed these 39 studies in terms of the possible technological, pedagogical, and social affordances of MIM. Overall, analysis of previous studies revealed six technological affordances of MIM. The four most frequently mentioned technological affordances were temporal, user-friendly, minimal cost, and multi-modality features. Our analysis also revealed six specific ways in which MIM was use...
Source: Educational Research Review - May 18, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Exploring the dimensions of electronic work integrated learning (eWIL)
Publication date: Available online 10 April 2017 Source:Educational Research Review Author(s): Lisa Schuster, Charmaine Glavas Work integrated learning (WIL) is a strategic priority for universities aiming to enhance graduate employability in an increasingly competitive labor market. Technology could improve access to WIL as student numbers grows and augment learning outcomes as more work occurs within digital spaces. This systematic literature review examines findings of studies employing and evaluating electronic WIL (eWIL) initiatives to develop a typology that considers the functions of technology which both suppor...
Source: Educational Research Review - April 11, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Exploring learning and fit in the transition from higher education to the labour market: A systematic review
Publication date: Available online 2 April 2017 Source:Educational Research Review Author(s): Ilke Grosemans, Liesje Coertjens, Eva Kyndt The transition from higher education to the labour market is an important period for youngsters, characterised by extensive changes which act as triggers for learning. Furthermore, students’ educational background and the (in)congruence with their work context is important. Accordingly, the aim of this systematic review is to explore the role of learning and fit in the transition process. Results indicate that most emphasis is put on theoretical knowledge, communication, problem-s...
Source: Educational Research Review - April 2, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Academic achievement of students without special educational needs in inclusive classrooms: A meta-analysis
This article presents a meta-analysis that attempts to establish how the presence of students with special educational needs in the classroom impacts students without special educational needs. We meta-analyzed 47 studies that met the inclusion criteria, covering a total sample of almost 4,800,000 students. The overall effect was positive and statistically significant but weak, d = 0.12 (95% CI: 0.02, 0.23). A number of moderators, including the country of study, the manner of implementation (intervention studies versus regular school practice), the educational team composition, the level and type of disorders in students ...
Source: Educational Research Review - March 7, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Socialising epistemic cognition
Publication date: Available online 8 March 2017 Source:Educational Research Review Author(s): Simon Knight, Karen Littleton We draw on recent accounts of social epistemology to present a novel account of epistemic cognition that is ‘socialised’. In developing this account we foreground the: normative and pragmatic nature of knowledge claims; functional role that ‘to know’ plays when agents say they ‘know x’; the social context in which such claims occur at a macro level, including disciplinary and cultural context; and the communicative context in which such claims occur, the ways in which individuals and s...
Source: Educational Research Review - March 7, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

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Publication date: February 2017 Source:Educational Research Review, Volume 20 (Source: Educational Research Review)
Source: Educational Research Review - February 27, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Systematically reviewing the potential of concept mapping technologies to promote self-regulated learning in primary and secondary science education
Publication date: Available online 22 February 2017 Source:Educational Research Review Author(s): Matt P. Stevenson, R. Hartmeyer, P. Bentsen We systematically searched five databases to assess the potential of concept mapping-based technologies to promote self-regulated learning in science education. Our search uncovered 17 relevant studies that investigated seven different types of learning technologies. We performed a narrative analysis assessing how each technology affects self-regulated learning through cognitive, metacognitive, and motivation strategies, according to Schraw et al. (2006)’s model. We suggest co...
Source: Educational Research Review - February 21, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Intercultural relationship development at university: A systematic literature review from an ecological and person-in-context perspective
Publication date: Available online 27 January 2017 Source:Educational Research Review Author(s): Kazuhiro Kudo, Simone Volet, Craig Whitsed For more than four decades, issues pertaining to the development of intercultural relationships between international and domestic students in university settings have received scholarly attention. However, there appears to be lack of research exploring the extent to, and the manner in which the individual and environmental dimensions interact with one another to co-create this development. This review addresses this gap by scrutinising English-language refereed journal articles f...
Source: Educational Research Review - January 27, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research