Table 5 Meta-analysis results for the environment

From: Learning strategies: a synthesis and conceptual model

Management of the environment

No. of metas

No. of studies

No. of people

Prorated No. of people

No. of effects

ES

Environmental structuring

2

10

 

26,600

10

0.41

Time management

2

86

 

26,600

86

0.40

Exercise

8

397

30,206

96,706

2,344

0.26

Social support

1

33

12,366

12,366

33

0.12

Time of day to study

3

267

31,229

44,529

1,155

0.12

Student control over learning

4

124

7,993

34,593

161

0.02

Background music

1

43

3,104

3,104

43

−0.04

Sleep

3

96

72,814

86,114

96

−0.05