GPA predicts procedural knowledge and intellectual skills but not attitudes toward learning¶
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q2 i? GPA was significantly associated with posttest scores and procedural knowledge at the 5% level and with intellectual skills at the 10% level, but not with attitudes. → Xiong 2014
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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
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ANOVA of GPA effects (Table 4) in the same experiment; the GPA–attitudes relationship was insignificant (F=2.3, p=0.13), indicating higher-GPA students do not necessarily hold more positive learning attitudes.
"Panel A and Panel B show that the GPAs are significantly associated with the posttest scores and procedural knowledge at the 5% significance level (A: F=6.62, p=0.01; B: F=4.8, p=0.03). Panel C shows that the GPAs have significant ef fects on intellectual skills at the 10% level (F = 3.67, p=0.05)."
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GPA predicts procedural knowledge and intellectual skills but not attitudes toward learning |
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GPA predicts procedural knowledge and intellectual skills but not attitudes toward learning |
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