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The No Significant Difference database was first established in 2004 as a companion piece to Thomas L. Russell’s book, “The No Significant Difference Phenomenon” (2001, IDECC, fifth edition), a fully indexed, comprehensive research bibliography of 355 research reports, summaries and papers that document no significant differences (NSD) in student outcomes between alternate modes of education delivery. Redesigned in 2010 and provided as a service of WCET, (WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies), a division of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, the database was designed to expand the offerings from the book by providing access to appropriate studies published or discovered after its publication.
This site is intended to function as an ever-growing repository of comparative media studies in education research. Both no significant differences (NSD) and significant differences (SD) studies are constantly being solicited for inclusion in the website. In addition to studies that document no significant difference (NSD), the website includes studies which do document significant differences (SD) in student outcomes based on the mode of education delivery.
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In its new home on the DETA Research website, the database is intended to continue to function as an ever-growing repository of comparative media studies in education research. The current collection is in need of both updates to the current records, as well as the addition of current and emerging research. As such, both NSD and SD studies are constantly being solicited for inclusion in the website. If you are interested in assisting as a contributor or editor, contact us.
Records: 33
What Forty Years of Research Says About the Impact of Technology on Learning: A Second-Order Meta-Analysis and Validation Study
R. Tamim |
R. Bernard |
E. Brokhovski |
P. C. Abrami |
R. F. Schmid |
Excerpt
This research study employs a second-order meta-analysis procedure to summarize 40 years of research activity addressing the question, does computer technology use affect student achievement in formal face-to-face classrooms as compared to classrooms that do not use technology? A study-level meta-analytic validation was also conducted for purposes of comparison. An extensive literature search and a systematic review process resulted in the inclusion of 25 meta-analyses with minimal overlap in . . . primary literature, encompassing 1,055 primary studies. The random effects mean effect size of 0.35 was significantly different from zero.
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Significant Difference – Better Results with Technology
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Comparative Analysis of SDL Online Training with Traditional Classroom Instruction
T. Redding |
J. Rotzien |
Excerpt
The online group is the most successful at cognitive learning as measured by the end of course examinations… The results of the study do provide strong support for the conclusion that online instruction for individuals entering the insurance field is highly effective, and can be more effective then traditional classroom delivered instruction.
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Significant Difference – Better Results with Technology
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