The immediate advantage of deep-processing prompts does not persist at a 5-month follow-up, with a Bayesian test confirming the null¶

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q2 i0 At a 5-month follow-up the deep-processing group scored slightly lower than the shallow-processing group, a non-significant difference (d = -0.03), and a Bayesian factor of 0.25 confirmed the null hypothesis. → Dana Opre 2023

q2 i? The authors conclude that prompts activating deep learning strategies do not maintain a learning advantage over months, because understanding-focused principles differ from those supporting retention. → Dana Opre 2023

Evidence¶

Dana Opre 2023¶

Dana Opre, Andrei Costea, Răzvan Jurchiș, Romiță Iucu. (2023). Enhancing Self-Regulated Learning: Immediate and Follow-up Effects of Cognitive Prompts. Journal of Educational Sciences, XXIV, 2(48). https://doi.org/10.35923/JES.2023.2.16

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Follow-up experiment: 63 of the original 125 participants took an equivalent multiple-choice test 5 months after the final exam, with no formal learning activities in between. The t test showed "Cohen’s d = -0.03", and the Bayesian test BH(0; 2.26) = 0.25 was interpreted as confirming the null.

"Paradoxically, the DP group scored lower (m = 4.46, sd = 2.02) than the SP group (m = 4.52, sd = 1.93). However, the difference is not statistically significant t(47) = -0.11, p = .92, Cohen’s d = -0.03, 95% CI = [-1.2 – 1.08]."

Discussion¶

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