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Borokhovski, Eugene; Tamim, Rana; Pickup, David – Commonwealth of Learning, 2022
This second-order meta-analysis (i.e., systematic quantitative synthesis of individual meta-analyses) summarises how the use of technology affects learning (achievement outcomes) in three different educational settings: in-class, online learning and blended learning. Comprehensive literature searches identified 915 potentially relevant…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Technology Uses in Education, Online Courses, Blended Learning
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Bernard, Robert M.; Borokhovski, Eugene; Tamim, Rana M. – Distance Education, 2014
This article has two interrelated purposes. The first is to explain how various forms of bias, if introduced during any stage of a meta-analysis, can provide the consumer with a misimpression of the state of a research literature. Five of the most important bias-producing aspects of a meta-analysis are presented and discussed. Second, armed with…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Research, Bias, Meta Analysis
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Abrami, Philip C.; Bernard, Robert M.; Borokhovski, Eugene; Waddington, David I.; Wade, C. Anne; Persson, Tonje – Review of Educational Research, 2015
Critical thinking (CT) is purposeful, self-regulatory judgment that results in interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and inference, as well as explanations of the considerations on which that judgment is based. This article summarizes the available empirical evidence on the impact of instruction on the development and enhancement of critical…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Teaching Methods, Meta Analysis, Instructional Effectiveness
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Tamim, Rana M.; Bernard, Robert M.; Borokhovski, Eugene; Abrami, Philip C.; Schmid, Richard F. – Review of Educational Research, 2011
This research study employs a second-order meta-analysis procedure to summarize 40 years of research activity addressing the question, does computer technology use affect student achievement in formal face-to-face classrooms as compared to classrooms that do not use technology? A study-level meta-analytic validation was also conducted for purposes…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Meta Analysis, Influence of Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Schmid, Richard F.; Bernard, Robert M.; Borokhovski, Eugene; Tamim, Rana; Abrami, Philip C.; Wade, C. Anne; Surkes, Michael A.; Lowerison, Gretchen – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2009
This paper reports the findings of a Stage I meta-analysis exploring the achievement effects of computer-based technology use in higher education classrooms (non-distance education). An extensive literature search revealed more than 6,000 potentially relevant primary empirical studies. Analysis of a representative sample of 231 studies (k = 310)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research Design, Effect Size, Educational Technology
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Bernard, Robert M.; Abrami, Philip C.; Borokhovski, Eugene; Wade, C. Anne; Tamim, Rana M.; Surkes, Michael A.; Bethel, Edward Clement – Review of Educational Research, 2009
This meta-analysis of the experimental literature of distance education (DE) compares different types of interaction treatments (ITs) with other DE instructional treatments. ITs are the instructional and/or media conditions designed into DE courses, which are intended to facilitate student-student (SS), student-teacher (ST), or student-content…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Interaction, Effect Size, Meta Analysis