The purpose of this study is to synthesize quantitatively the effectiveness of project approach by meta-analysis. Basically, meta analysis is a statistical analysis of the summary findings of many empirical studies. For this study, After review of 51 ...
The purpose of this study is to synthesize quantitatively the effectiveness of project approach by meta-analysis. Basically, meta analysis is a statistical analysis of the summary findings of many empirical studies. For this study, After review of 51 studies, This study calculated the effect size of 119 from 1990 to 2002. The data were analysed using SAS 8.2. The result of the study are as follows:
First, The grand average degree of effect of the project approach effectiveness proposed in this study turned out to be 1.03. This means that if the grand average size of effects of the teaching-learning effectiveness centered unit of the controlled group is 50 percentile in the normal distribution, that of the project approach effectiveness of the experimental group becomes 85 percentile. As it were, the latter surpass the former by 35.
Second, among the preschool children and elementary school children' project approach proposed in this study, preschool children showed higher average effect size than elementary school children, its average effect size being 1.21. And elementary school children showed average effect size is .88.
Third, in the children, the variable of learning showed the highest average effect size, its average effect size being 1.87. And the variable of mathematics showed the lowest average effect size, its average effect size being .48. In the elementary school children, the variable of creativity showed the highest average effect size, its average effect size being 1.13. And the variable of science showed the lowest average effect size, its average effect size being .43.
Fourth, ① In the preschool children, the variable of 13-16 weeks showed the highest average effect size, its average effect size being 2.17. And the variable of 1-4 weeks showed the lowest average effect size, its average effect size being 1.00. In the elementary school children, the variable of 13-16 weeks showed the highest average effect size, its average effect size being 1.87. And the variable of 1-4 weeks showed the lowest average effect size, its average effect size being .53.
② In the preschool children, the variable of 1-10 subjects showed the highest average effect size, its average effect size being 3.21. And the variable of 11-20 subjects showed the lowest average effect size, its average effect size being 1.08. In the elementary school children, the variable of 11-20 subjects showed the highest average effect size, its average effect size being 1.45. And the variable of 31-40 subjects showed the lowest average effect size, its average effect size being .68.
③ In the preschool children, the variable of topics related arts showed the highest average effect size, its average effect size being 2.28. And the variable of topics related disorders showed the lowest average effect size, its average effect size being .74. In the elementary school children, the variable of topics related society showed the highest average effect size, its average effect size being 1.38. And the variable of topics related everyday life showed the lowest average effect size, its average effect size being .73.