In:Second Language Cognitive Task Complexity: A research synthesis
Shoko Sasayama, Aleksandra Malicka and John M. Norris
[Task-Based Language Teaching 18] 2025
► pp. 199–237
Chapter 7Meta-analytic explorations
Published online: 26 June 2025
https://doi.org/10.1075/tblt.18.c7
https://doi.org/10.1075/tblt.18.c7
Article outline
- 7.1Preparing primary study data for meta-analytic exploration
- 7.1.1Extracting data from primary studies
- 7.1.2Study representation for meta-analytic explorations
- 7.1.3Identifying targets for exploration
- 7.1.4Calculating, combining, and interpreting effect sizes
- 7.1.5A note on publication bias
- 7.2Meta-analytic findings
- 7.2.1Planning
- 7.2.2Repetition
- 7.2.3Number of elements and Reasoning demands
- 7.2.4Here-and-now vs. there-and-then and Contextual support
- 7.2.5Familiarity
- 7.2.6Type of measure for complexity, accuracy, fluency
- 7.2.7Selected non-CALF dependent variables
- 7.2.8Independent measures of task complexity
- 7.3Discussion
- 7.3.1Task complexity constructs and their effects on performance
- 7.3.2Dependent variables and effects of task complexity
- 7.3.3Some caveats and a few final meta-analytic thoughts
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