AERA 2024 Program

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Research Syntheses and Meta-Analyses in Education: Exemplar Studies and Methodological Guidance

Time: 10:50 AM - 12:20 PM (EDT)

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Level 200, Exhibit Hall A

Session Type: Poster Session

  • A meta-analysis exploring the relationship between motivation and executive function (Poster 34) - Chawla et al.

  • Factors influencing high school Asian American students' STEM Major Choice: A systematic review (Poster 35) - Zhao et al.

  • Into, through, and beyond approximations of teaching practice: A systematic review (Poster 36) - Wilson et al.

  • Mastering the tools: Evaluating machie learning tools for screening in educational systematic reviews (Poster 37) - Pellegrini et al.

  • Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of MyMathLab in college algebra (Poster 39) - Wang et al.

  • Meta-analytic pooling of intraclass correlation coefficient estimates (Poster 40) - Bhat et al.

  • Personalized adaptive learning in undergraduate mathematics: A meta-analysis (Poster 41) - Hahs-Vaughn et al.

  • Supporting early childhood teachers in STEAM teaching in elementary school: A systematic review (Poster 42) - Yakubu et al.

  • The effectiveness of smartphones on English vocabulary in non-English speaking countries: A meta-analysis and meta-regression study (Poster 43) - Mayof et al.

Friday, April 12, 2024

Methodological Approaches for Equity-Oriented Evidence Synthesis

Time: 11:25 am - 12:55 pm (EDT)

Location: Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Level 4, Franklin 8

Session Type: Symposium

Chair: Sarah Peko-Spicer

Discussant: Dorothy L. Espelage

Abstract: Conducting research that attends to racial inequities requires both a commitment to asking critical questions of our current education systems and a commitment to interrogate and change how we answer those questions. This symposium engages the audience in a discussion of how we might change our methodological approach to evidence synthesis in order to conduct transformative research that advances equity. Grounding in a collection of synthesis studies on social and emotional learning programs, the four presentations explore how open science, collaborative projects, the study of heterogeneity, and increased attention to measurement can help generate a more nuanced evidence synthesis that supports us in cultivating education futures in which students feel safe, supported, and able to thrive.

  • Executing a registered report for systematic review and meta-analysis: An illustration - Cipriano

  • Maximizing scientific impact and optimizing review resources through a collaborative approach to evidence synthesis - Peko-Spicer

  • Examining specific group effects through differential effects meta-analysis - Polanin

  • Improving conceptualization and measurement of equity and identity groups - Strambler

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis SIG Business Meeting

Time: 6:45 pm - 8:15 pm (EDT)

Location: Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Level 5, Salon L

Session Type: Business Meeting

Chair: James Pustejovsky

2024 Business Meeting Slides

Saturday, April 13, 2023

Methodological Innovations for Conducting Research Syntheses

Time: 3:05 - 4:35 pm (EDT)

Location: Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Level 5, Salon K

Session Type: Paper Session

Chair: Derek Rodgers

  • Investigating systematic reviewers' practices: Survey on hand searching, citation chasing, and screening tool adoption in education - Zhang et al.

  • Evaluating a machine learning-aided software for systematic reviews: ASReview LAB - Jayasekera et al.

  • A methodological systematic review: Enhancing qualitative synthesis in educational research - Caskurlu et al.

  • Characterizing an effect size by its percentile in the meta-analysis estimated population distribution of effects - Boedeker et al.

  • An examination of heterogeneity estimators for meta-analysis with dependent effect size estimates - Zhang et al.

Sunday, April 14, 2024

Synthesizing Reserach on Critical Issues in Education and Discussing Best Practices for Doing So

Time: 1:15 - 2:45 pm (EDT)

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Level 200, Exhibit Hall B (Table 31)

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Chair: Rebecca A. Cruz

  • That which cannot be washed away: Critical systematic review of New Orleans public education post-Katrina - Williams et al.

  • How is teacher critical thinking approached, defined, measured, and evaluated? A systematic methodological review - Liao et al.

  • Best practices for conducting systematic reviews: Perpsectives of experienced systematic review researchers - Hemmler et al.

Research Syntheses Advancing Knowledge on Cognition and Motivation in Diverse Learning Contexts

Time: 3:05 - 4:35 pm (EDT)

Location: Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Level 4, Franklin 7

Session Type: Paper Session

Chair: Rachel Min Wong

  • Autonomy support and positive learning outcomes: A meta-analysis - Mammadov et al.

  • The hierarchical structure of L2 (second language) - Learner Grit: A meta-analysis - Hongzhen et al.

  • Exploring moderators of mobile-assisted language learning effect on self-directed learning: A meta-analysis and meta-regression

  • Organizing implementation practices in digital game-based learning research in STEM education: A systematic review - Sutedjo et al.

  • The efficacy of math concrete manipulatives on retenion outcomes: A replication and extension meta-analysis - Wong et al.