Moderator variables | Sample size (N = 9163) | Number of effect sizes (k = 66) | Effect size and 95% confidence interval | Heterogeneity | ||||||
Effect size (g) | Lower limit | Upper limit | p | I-squared, % | Q-statistic | p | ||||
Study Design | TGPPD | 2746 | 32 | 0.858 | 0.524 | 1.911 | <0.001 | 93.9 | 510.54 | <0.001 |
TGPD | 5023 | 25 | 0.467 | 0.259 | 0.638 | <0.001 | 83.7 | 188.27 | <0.001 | |
Other | 1394 | 9 | 0.174 | −0.053 | 0.401 | 0.132 | 73.2 | 29.81 | <0.001 | |
Sample Size | 1 - 60 | 888 | 19 | 0.668 | 0.267 | 1.07 | 0.001 | 87.3 | 141.94 | <0.001 |
61 - 120 | 2224 | 27 | 0.724 | 0.467 | 0.982 | <0.001 | 82.2 | 221.26 | <0.001 | |
Above 120 | 6051 | 20 | 0.455 | 0.213 | 0.698 | <0.001 | 95.2 | 395.24 | <0.001 | |
Learning Stage | Primary school | 112 | 1 | 2.132 | 1.665 | 2.599 | <0.001 | 0 | 0 | <0.001 |
Secondary school | 597 | 8 | 0.745 | 0.404 | 1.085 | <0.001 | 70.3 | 23.54 | 0.001 | |
High school | 165 | 2 | 0.384 | −0.405 | 1.173 | 0.34 | 84.3 | 6.38 | 0.012 | |
University | 8289 | 55 | 0.586 | 0.415 | 0.757 | <0.001 | 92.6 | 725.06 | <0.001 | |
Subject Area | Social science | 3342 | 18 | 0.579 | 0.367 | 0.79 | <0.001 | 87 | 130.64 | <0.001 |
Natural science | 2343 | 16 | 0.67 | 0.415 | 0.925 | <0.001 | 86.5 | 111.01 | <0.001 | |
Medicine | 2458 | 16 | 0.648 | 0.181 | 1.114 | 0.006 | 96.6 | 435.27 | <0.001 | |
Humanities | 545 | 10 | 1.024 | 0.576 | 1.473 | <0.001 | 82.9 | 52.27 | <0.001 | |
Engineering &Technology | 475 | 6 | −0.118 | −0.551 | 0.315 | 0.593 | 81 | 26.28 | <0.001 | |
Knowledge Type | Conceptual knowledge | 6848 | 45 | 0.621 | 0.464 | 0.778 | <0.001 | 95.6 | 456.72 | <0.001 |
Procedural knowledge | 2315 | 21 | 0.696 | 0.266 | 1.127 | 0.002 | 87.6 | 357.73 | <0.001 | |
Instructor Equivalence | Same instructor | 6859 | 53 | 0.72 | 0.527 | 0.913 | <0.001 | 92.9 | 729.74 | <0.001 |
Different instructor | 1697 | 9 | 0.346 | 0.188 | 0.504 | <0.001 | 51.4 | 16.46 | 0.036 | |
Not available | 607 | 4 | 0.11 | −0.774 | 0.998 | 0.808 | 95.2 | 61.93 | <0.001 | |
Intervention Duration | 1 - 5 weeks | 590 | 7 | 0.632 | 0.205 | 1.059 | 0.004 | 84.1 | 44.08 | <0.001 |
6 - 10 weeks | 1291 | 14 | 1.199 | 0.544 | 1.854 | <0.001 | 96.3 | 352.21 | <0.001 | |
Above 10 weeks | 7282 | 45 | 0.441 | 0.297 | 0.584 | <0.001 | 87.7 | 349.39 | <0.001 |