A Meta-Analytic and Thematic Study Concerning the Effect of Inquiry Based Instruction on Learners' Achievement

Autor/inn/en	Batdi, Veli; Semerci, Cetin; Aslan, Aydin
Titel	A Meta-Analytic and Thematic Study Concerning the Effect of Inquiry Based Instruction on Learners' Achievement
Quelle	In: Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 13 (2018) 2, S.51-68 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1949-4289
Schlagwörter	Inquiry; Teaching Methods; Academic Achievement; Effect Size; Instructional Effectiveness; Learning Activities; Attitude Measures; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schulleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Lernaktivität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	This research aims at investigating the effect of Inquiry-Based instruction (IBI) on learners' academic achievement through meta-analytic and thematic approaches. In the meta-analytic study, 27 studies, which were implemented between 2000 and 2016 years, were examined. CMA and MetaWin statistical programs were used to calculate the effect sizes of these studies. The effect size (0.688) of the study indicates that the use of IBI has a positive effect on learners' achievement. To support findings of the meta-analytic study, a thematic study including 36 studies was applied. As a result of the analysis of the latter study, five themes, namely affective, cognitive and social domain themes, learning environment and negative aspects were generated. The former four themes demonstrated that IBI positively affects learners' achievement except the negative aspects theme. The negative theme stresses out that the effectiveness of IBI depends on how well the IBI activities are planned beforehand. If they are planned in detail, learners can know what to do in the activities. So, IBI can be used systematically in learning as an alternative method which can meet students' needs in technological era. [This study was presented as an oral paper at the Congress of 3rd International Eurasian Educational Research Congress (EJER) held on 31st May-3rd June 2016 at Mugla Sitki Koçman University, Mugla/Turkey.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Association of Educators. Egitim Fakultesi Dekanligi, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale 17100, Turkey. e-mail: secretary@inased.org; Web site: http://inased.org/epasad/english/index.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01