Both the treatment and control groups achieved significant pre-to-post gains on all six writing subscales¶

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q2 i? Paired-samples t tests showed significant pre-to-post gains on all six subscales for both the treatment group and the control group, with the treatment group making higher gains in all six categories. → Mermelstein 2015

Evidence¶

Mermelstein 2015¶

Mermelstein, A. D. (2015). Improving EFL learners’ writing through enhanced extensive reading. Reading in a Foreign Language, 27(2), 182–198. http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl

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Paired-samples t tests of pre- and posttest writing scores for both groups in the one-year study (Tables 5 and 6); the article reports both groups "achieved significant gains on all six subscales". No effect sizes are printed for these within-group gains.

"The results indicate that both the TG and the CG achieved significant gains on all six subscales with the TG making higher gains than the CG in all six categories."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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