The between-group comparison favored the brain teasers curriculum over the National Education Ministry Pre-School curriculum for attention spans¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q3
Currency · newest study 2016 · checked against its sources 2026-11-01 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Attention spans of children who received the brain teasers curriculum differed significantly in favor of the experiment group compared with children who received the National Education Ministry Pre-School curriculum. → Altun 2016

Evidence¶

Altun 2016¶

Altun, M., Hazar, M., & Hazar, Z. (2016). Investigation of the Effects of Brain Teasers on Attention Spans of Pre-School Children. International Journal of Environmental & Science Education, 11(15), 8112-8119. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

q3 · i? · causal · r1

Conclusion of the pre-test/post-test controlled experiment with 213 six-year-olds (113 experiment, 100 control). The article reports "a significant difference in favor of the experiment group"; no between-group effect size or test statistic is printed.

"there was a significant difference in favor of the experiment group between the attention spans of children who received the brain teasers curriculum and children who received the National Education Ministry Pre-School curriculum"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Attention — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• A 10-week brain teaser curriculum significantly improved six-year-old children's attention span scores from pre-test to post-test — related
• No differences in attention span based on sex were found or expected in this age group — related