Overall midterm performance did not differ significantly between test and control sections, presumably because respiratory concepts were a small share of the exam¶

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q3 i? Overall midterm scores showed a slight but statistically insignificant difference between test (74.6%) and control (71.8%) sections (p>0.05). → Wolf et al. 2015

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Wolf et al. 2015¶

Alex M. Wolf, Carlos Liachovitzky & Abass S. Abdullahi. (2015). Active Learning Improves Student Performance in a Respiratory Physiology Lab. Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 4(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jct.v4n1p19

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Whole-exam comparison across test (n=73) and control (n=76) sections. Scores were "74.6±13.7% Test vs. 71.8±13.5% Control", p>0.05; the authors attribute this to respiratory concepts constituting less than 20% of the exam.

"On the midterm exam overall, there was a slight, though statistically insignificant, difference between the test and control sections (74.6±13.7% Test vs. 71.8±13.5% Control, p>0.05)."

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