Learning environment had a less significant impact on causal mechanistic reasoning on the boiling point task, with a small effect size of 0.168¶

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q3 i0 On the boiling point task, a chi-square test showed a significant but small effect of learning environment (effect size 0.168), with 36%, 24%, and 32% of responses causal mechanistic in the active, didactic, and core ideas environments. → Scharlott 2024

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Scharlott 2024¶

Scharlott, L. J.; Rippey, D. W.; Rosa, V.; Becker, N. M. (2024). Progression toward Causal Mechanistic Reasoning through Phenomenon-Based Learning in Introductory Chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00517

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Chi-square test of independence on boiling point task responses across the three environments, reported in Results. The article reports "χ2 = 14.571, p < 0.005, effect size = 0.168 {small}" and states the small effect size suggests other factors could contribute to differences.

"a chi-square test of independence indicated that for the boiling point task, the learning environment had a less significant impact on student responses (χ2 = 14.571, p < 0.005, effect size = 0.168 {small})."

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