Ten Years of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: A meta-analysis of CSCL in STEM education during 2005-2014

Publication date: Available online 14 June 2019Source: Educational Research ReviewAuthor(s): Heisawn Jeong, Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver, Kihyun JoAbstractThe goal of this paper is to report on a meta-analysis about the effects of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) in STEM education. The analysis is based on 316 outcomes from 143 studies that examined the effects of CSCL published between 2005 and 2014. Our analysis showed that the overall effect size of STEM CSCL was .51, a moderate but notable effect size in educational research. The effect was greatest on the process outcomes, followed by knowledge outcomes, and affective outcomes. The sizes of the effects were moderated by types of technology and pedagogies, levels of learners, and learning domains. Moderators further interacted so that effects of technology and pedagogy varied depending on the modes of collaboration, learner levels, and domains of learning. The current study demonstrates the overall advantage of CSCL in STEM education and highlights a need to develop a need to understand how these variables may interact to contribute to CSCL effectiveness.
Source: Educational Research Review - Category: Child Development Source Type: research