No significant difference between underprepared and college-ready students on final exam multiple-choice questions¶

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q3 i? On the 25 multiple-choice final exam questions, there was no statistically significant difference between underprepared and college-ready students. → Hesser 2016

Evidence¶

Hesser 2016¶

Hesser, T. L., & Gregory, J. L. (2016). Instructional Support Sessions in Chemistry: Alternative to Remediation. Journal of Developmental Education, 39(3). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1130190

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Comparison of mean correct responses on the 25 multiple-choice questions of the departmental final exam, analyzed without the assumption of equal variances: underprepared M = 15.20 (SD = 3.25, N = 69) vs college-ready M = 15.04 (SD = 4.50, N = 249), t(147.9) = 0.336, p = .73. Equivalence was not tested.

"there was no significant difference in correct response scores for students identified as underprepared and college ready"

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