Rank | Domain | Influence |
Effect Size |
1 | Student | Self-report grades | 1.44 |
2 | Student | Piagetian programs | 1.28 |
3 | Teaching | Providing formative evaluation | 0.90 |
4 | Teacher | Micro teaching | 0.88 |
5 | School | Acceleration | 0.88 |
6 | School | Classroom behavioral | 0.80 |
7 | Teaching | Comprehensive interventions for learning disabled students | 0.77 |
8 | Teacher | Teacher clarity | 0.75 |
9 | Teaching | Reciprocal teaching | 0.74 |
10 | Teaching | Feedback | 0.73 |
11 | Teacher | Teacher-student relationships | 0.72 |
12 | Teaching | Spaced vs. mass practice | 0.71 |
13 | Teaching | Meta-cognitive strategies | 0.69 |
14 | Student | Prior achievement | 0.67 |
15 | Curricula | Vocabulary programs | 0.67 |
16 | Curricula | Repeated reading programs | 0.67 |
17 | Curricula | Creativity programs | 0.65 |
18 | Teaching | Self-verbalization/self-questioning | 0.64 |
19 | Teacher | Professional development | 0.62 |
20 | Teaching | Problem-solving teaching | 0.61 |
21 | Teacher | Not Labeling students | 0.61 |
22 | Curricula | Phonics instruction | 0.60 |
23 | Teaching | Teaching strategies | 0.60 |
24 | Teaching | Cooperative vs. individualistic learning | 0.59 |
25 | Teaching | Study skills | 0.59 |
26 | Teaching | Direct Instruction | 0.59 |
27 | Curricula | Tactile stimulation programs | 0.58 |
28 | Curricula | Comprehension programs | 0.58 |
29 | Teaching | Mastery learning | 0.58 |
30 | Teaching | Worked examples | 0.57 |
31 | Home | Home environment | 0.57 |
32 | Home | Socioeconomic status | 0.57 |
33 | Teaching | Concept mapping | 0.57 |
34 | Teaching | Goals | 0.56 |
35 | Curricula | Visual-perception programs | 0.55 |
36 | Teaching | Peer tutoring | 0.55 |
37 | Teaching | Cooperative vs. competitive learning | 0.54 |
38 | Student | Pre-term birth weight | 0.54 |
39 | School | Classroom cohesion | 0.53 |
40 | Teaching | Keller's PIS | 0.53 |
41 | School | Peer infiuences | 0.53 |
42 | School | Classroom management | 0.52 |
43 | Curricula | Outdoor/adventure Programs | 0.52 |
44 | Teaching | Interactive video methods | 0.52 |
45 | Home | Parental involvement | 0.51 |
46 | Curricula | Play programs | 0.50 |
47 | Curricula | Second/third chance programs | 0.50 |
48 | School | Small group learning | 0.49 |
49 | Student | Concentration/persistence/engagement | 0.48 |
50 | School | School effects | 0.48 |
51 | Student | Motivation | 0.48 |
52 | Student | Early intervention | 0.47 |
53 | Teaching | Questioning | 0.46 |
54 | Curricula | Mathematics | 0.45 |
55 | Student | Preschool programs | 0.45 |
56 | Teacher | Quality of Teaching | 0.44 |
57 | Curricula | Writing Programs | 0.44 |
58 | Teacher | Expectations | 0.43 |
59 | School | School size | 0.43 |
60 | Student | Self-concept | 0.43 |
61 | Teaching | Behavioral organizers/Adjunct questions | 0.41 |
62 | Teaching | Matching style of learning | 0.41 |
63 | Teaching | Cooperative learning | 0.41 |
Average Effect Size in Education for 500,000+ Influences |
0.40 |
64 | Curricula | Science | 0.40 |
65 | Curricula | Social skills programs | 0.40 |
66 | Student | Reducing anxiety | 0.40 |
67 | Curricula | Integrated Curriculum Programs | 0.39 |
68 | School | Enrichment | 0.39 |
69 | Curricula | Career Interventions | 0.38 |
70 | Teaching | Time on Task | 0.38 |
71 | Teaching | Computer assisted instruction | 0.37 |
72 | Teaching | Adjunct aids | 0.37 |
73 | Curricula | Bilingual programs | 0.37 |
74 | School | Principals/ school leaders | 0.36 |
75 | Student | Attitude to mathematics/science | 0.36 |
76 | Curricula | Exposure to reading | 0.36 |
77 | Curricula | Drama/Arts programs | 0.35 |
78 | Student | Creativity | 0.35 |
79 | Teaching | Frequent/effects of testing | 0.34 |
80 | School | Decreasing disruptive behavior | 0.34 |
81 | Student | Drugs | 0.33 |
82 | Teaching | Simulations | 0.33 |
83 | Teaching | Inductive teaching | 0.33 |
84 | Student | Positive view of own ethnicity | 0.32 |
85 | Teacher | Teacher effects | 0.32 |
86 | Teaching | Inquiry based teaching | 0.31 |
87 | School | Ability grouping for gifted Students | 0.30 |
88 | Teaching | Homework | 0.29 |
89 | Home | Home visiting | 0.29 |
90 | Student | Exercise/relaxation | 0.28 |
91 | School | Desegregation | 0.28 |
92 | School | Mainstreaming | 0.28 |
93 | Curricula | Use of calculators | 0.27 |
94 | Curricula | Values/moral education programs | 0.24 |
95 | Teaching | Programmed instruction | 0.24 |
96 | Teaching | Special college programs | 0.24 |
97 | Teaching | Competitive vs. individualistic learning | 0.24 |
98 | School | Summer school | 0.23 |
99 | School | Finances | 0.23 |
100 | Teaching | Individualized instruction | 0.23 |
101 | School | Religious Schools | 0.23 |
102 | Student | Lack of Illness | 0.23 |
103 | Teaching | Teaching test taking | 0.22 |
104 | Teaching | Visual/audio-visual methods | 0.22 |
105 | Teaching | Comprehensive teaching reforms | 0.22 |
106 | School | Class size | 0.21 |
107 | School | Charter Schools | 0.20 |
108 | Teaching | Aptitude/treatment interactions | 0.19 |
109 | Student | Personality | 0.19 |
110 | Teaching | Learning hierarchies | 0.19 |
111 | Teaching | Co-/ team teaching | 0.19 |
112 | Teaching | Web-based learning | 0.18 |
113 | Home | Family structure | 0.17 |
114 | Curricula | Extra-curricular programs | 0.17 |
115 | Teaching | Teacher immediacy | 0.16 |
116 | School | Within class grouping | 0.16 |
117 | Teaching | Home-school programs | 0.16 |
118 | Teaching | Problem-based learning | 0.15 |
119 | Curricula | Sentence combining programs | 0.15 |
120 | Teaching | Mentoring | 0.15 |
121 | School | Ability grouping | 0.12 |
122 | Student | Gender | 0.12 |
123 | Student | Diet | 0.12 |
124 | Teacher | Teacher training | 0.11 |
125 | Teacher | Teacher subject matter knowledge | 0.09 |
126 | Teaching | Distance Education | 0.09 |
127 | School | Out of school curricula experiences | 0.09 |
128 | Curricula | Perceptual-Motor programs | 0.08 |
129 | Curricula | Whole language | 0.06 |
130 | School | College halls of residence | 0.05 |
131 | School | Multi-grade/age classes | 0.04 |
132 | Teaching | Student control over learning | 0.04 |
133 | School | Open vs. traditional | 0.01 |
134 | School | Summer vacation | -0.09 |
135 | Home | Welfare policies | -0.12 |
136 | School | Retention | -0.16 |
137 | Home | Television | -0.18 |
138 | School | Mobility | -0.34 |