Test items based on diagrams did not produce significantly higher scores than purely verbal items¶

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Currency · newest study 1955 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Test items based on diagrams did not produce significantly higher scores than purely verbal items. → Nelson 1955

Evidence¶

Nelson 1955¶

Nelson, H. E. and Vandermeer, A. W. (1955). The Relative Effectiveness of Differing Commentaries in an Animated Film on Elementary Meteorology. Technical Report SDC 269-7-43. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED016911

q2 · i? · causal · r1

In the same four-version experiment with 291 air ROTC students, diagram-based test items did not produce significantly higher scores than purely verbal items, as the review reports: "Test items based on diagrams did not produce significantly higher scores than purely verbal items."

"Test items based on diagrams did not produce significantly higher scores than purely verbal items."

Discussion¶

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