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ERIC Number: EJ1231036
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1937-0814
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Meta-Analytic Evidence for Year-Round Education's Effect on Science and Social Studies Achievement
Fitzpatrick, Dan
Middle Grades Research Journal, v12 n1 p1-8 2018
In this meta-analysis, I have reviewed published and unpublished research on single-track, year-round education's effect on science and social studies achievement, 2001-2016.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.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8
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Language: English
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