Both SMS and paper-based exercise groups improved vocabulary scores significantly from pre-test to post-test¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Paired t-tests showed post-test means significantly higher than pre-test means in both the paper-based and SMS groups (p = .000). → Suwantarathip 2015

Evidence¶

Suwantarathip 2015¶

Suwantarathip, O., & Orawiwatnakul, W. (2015). Using mobile-assisted exercises to support students’ vocabulary skill development. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 14(1), 163–171. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1057347

q3 · i? · causal · r1

Paired samples t-tests within each group of 40 students over a seven-week semester. Paper-based group rose from 22.85 to 29.70 and SMS group from 22.57 to 33.25 out of 50 points; the article reports "the post-test mean scores were significantly higher than the pre-test mean scores in both groups".

"From t-test analysis, the post-test mean scores were significantly higher than the pre-test mean scores in both groups (p = .000)."

Discussion¶

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