Pretest scores did not differ significantly between the dramatization-first and lecture-first groups¶

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q3 i? Group A (57%) and Group B (61%) scored at approximately the same level on the initial pretest (p=0.53), despite Group B having had a lecture first and Group A reporting less prior physiology experience. → Dowlati 2016

Evidence¶

Dowlati 2016¶

Dowlati, E., Musick, D. W., Zhang, L., Thornton, K., & Carvalho, H. (2016). Use of Dramatization to Teach Cardiac Cycle Physiology to Medical Students. Journal of Education and Training Studies. https://doi.org/10.11114/jets.v4i9.1603

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Baseline comparison on the 13-item knowledge pretest using the Wilcoxon rank sum test; the article prints "57% and 61% respectively, p=0.53" with no effect size. Group B took the pretest after a lecture, Group A before any instruction.

"Students in groups A and B scored at the same approx imate level on the initial pretest (57% and 61% respectively, p=0.53)."

Discussion¶

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