Cognitive elaboration strategy significantly affects overall posttest performance, with self-generated elaboration highest¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r1–r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2014 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The effect of cognitive elaboration strategies on total posttest scores was significant at the 10% level, and remained significant at the 5% level when GPA was included as a factor. → Xiong 2014 q2 i? On total posttest scores the self-generated group scored significantly higher than the instructor-assisted group (t=2.40, p=0.02). → Xiong 2014 (2)

Evidence¶

Xiong 2014¶

Xiong, Y., Zhou, H., & Ogilby, S. M. (2014). Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Cognitive Elaboration on Accounting Learning Outcomes. Journal of Education and Learning, 3(4). https://doi.org/10.5539/jel.v3n4p1

q2 · i? · causal · r2

ANOVA on total posttest scores in the three-group experiment; the pretest covariate was insignificant. With GPA in the model, the strategy effect was significant at the 5% level (F=2.96, p=0.05).

"The effect of the cognitive elaboration strategies is significant at the 10% level for the posttest (F = 2.5, P= 0.09). The pretest is an insignificant covariate for the posttest performance (F= 0.24, p=0.63)."

Xiong 2014 (2)¶

Xiong, Y., Zhou, H., & Ogilby, S. M. (2014). Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Cognitive Elaboration on Accounting Learning Outcomes. Journal of Education and Learning, 3(4). https://doi.org/10.5539/jel.v3n4p1

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Univariate posttest comparison from Table 3: the self-generated group (mean 3.89) versus the instructor-assisted group (mean 2.54), difference +1.35, t=2.40, p=0.02; self vs. combined was not significant (t=0.58, p=0.56).

"Self generated (A) 26 3.89 2.06 A-B (+1.35) 2.40 0.02"

Discussion¶

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