Descriptive post-test means favoured the 5E inquiry group (7.30 vs 6.35) over the traditional group¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
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q2 i? The experimental group's post-test mean (7.30, SD .979) exceeded the control group's (6.35, SD 1.226), though the table alone did not establish significance. → Ali Abdi 2014

Evidence¶

Ali Abdi 2014¶

Ali Abdi. (2014). The Effect of Inquiry-based Learning Method on Students’ Academic Achievement in Science Course. Universal Journal of Educational Research 2(1): 37-41. https://doi.org/10.13189/ujer.2014.020104

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Descriptive statistics from Table 1 of the quasi-experiment: post-test means of 7.30 (SD .979) for the experimental group and 6.35 (SD 1.226) for the control group, N = 20 each; the article notes significance could not be judged from means alone.

"Table 1 indicates that experimental group performed better than the control group as shown by the values of means and standard deviations but one cannot say whet her these differences observed is significant or not."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Fifth-grade students taught science through inquiry-based instruction supported by the 5E learning cycle achieved significantly higher post-test scores than students taught by traditional methods — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• The 5E instructional model shows a large, significant pooled effect on academic achievement versus traditional teaching methods in Turkish studies (2008-2014) — a broader claim this one bears on
• Post-test scores were more consistent (lower standard deviation) in the teaching-aids groups than in the control groups on both measures — related