Meta-Analytic Evidence for Year-Round Education's Effect on Science and Social Studies Achievement

Autor/in	Fitzpatrick, Dan
Titel	Meta-Analytic Evidence for Year-Round Education's Effect on Science and Social Studies Achievement
Quelle	In: Middle Grades Research Journal, 12 (2018) 1, S.1-8 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1937-0814
Schlagwörter	Meta Analysis; Social Studies; Science Achievement; Evidence; Instructional Effectiveness; Program Effectiveness; Year Round Schools; Summer Schools; Middle School Students; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8 + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Gemeinschaftskunde; Evidenz; Unterrichtserfolg; Year round school; Year-round school; Year-round schools; Ganzjahresschule; Summer school; Sommerkurs; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08
Abstract	In this meta-analysis, I have reviewed published and unpublished research on single-track, year-round education's effect on science and social studies achievement, 2001-2016. Of 30 studies that met inclusion criteria and had data from which an effect size estimate could be calculated, 7 reported science outcomes (18 effect size estimates) or social studies outcomes (9 effect size estimates). All estimates were from Grades 3-8 in the United States. The mean magnitude of the effects (using Cohen's "d") were +0.11* in science and +0.13[superscript +] in social studies, showing an average gain of about 1 month of learning in each subject area. The estimates for mean achievement are large enough to be policy relevant, align with recent meta-analytic estimates for reading and math effects from year-round education, and are also approximately the same magnitude as measured decreases in achievement caused by summer learning loss. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01