Older Form II boys answered more questions correctly than Form I boys in every section of the bud lesson, attributed to age and prior training¶

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q2 i? Form II pupils were more likely to give a correct answer in any section of the lesson than Form I pupils, which the author explains by greater age, previous training, and some having already passed through Form I. → Dell 1911

Evidence¶

Dell 1911¶

Dell, John A. (1911). Some Observations on the Learning of Sensible Material. Journal of Educational Psychology, 2, 401-406. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0074801

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Secondary comparison within the bud-lesson experiment (Forms of 16 and 21 boys): Form II's percentage of correct answers exceeded Form I's in every section (Table III). The author attributes this to the pupils' "greater age and by their previous training", not to lesson order.

"The fact that pupils of Form II are more likely to get a correct answer in any section than those of Form I is ex2>lained by their greater age and by their previous training, since a number of them had already passed through Form I."

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