Control-group students showed no significant change in intrinsic motivation over the same semester¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2010 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2015: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The control group's pre- and post-term motivation scores did not differ significantly. → Birjandi and Tamjid 2010

Evidence¶

Birjandi and Tamjid 2010¶

Parviz Birjandi, Nasrin Hadidi Tamjid. (2010). The Role of Self-assessment in Promoting Iranian EFL Learners' Motivation. English Language Teaching, 3(3). https://www.ccsenet.org/elt

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Paired sample t-test on the control group (n=30), which received the same content, instructor and method but no self-assessment training. Means moved only from 143.93 to 145.56; t(29)=-.388, p>.05. Equivalence was not tested.

"there is no si gnificant difference between the scores of pre- motivation questionnaire (M=143.93, SD=15.64) and post- motivation questionnaire (M=145.56, SD=14.94), t(29)=-.388,p>.05."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Motivation — outcome: instruction changes it

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