PBL students out-performed non-PBL students in final course grades in Financial Accounting Principles, with 14% versus 6% scoring A/A- and 3% versus 9% failing¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2011 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? PBL students out-performed non-PBL students across the grade distribution, including higher A/A- rates (14% vs 6%) and a lower failure rate (3% vs 9%). → Manaf et al. 2011 q2 i? The performance difference held for both final exam and coursework marks, not just coursework. → Manaf et al. 2011 (2)

Evidence¶

Manaf et al. 2011¶

Nor Aziah Abdul Manaf, Zuaini Ishak & Wan Nordin Wan Hussin. (2011). Application of Problem Based Learning (PBL) in a Course on Financial Accounting Principles. Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction: Vol. 8 (2011): 21-47. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1137300

q2 · i? · design · r2

Observational comparison of all 1,148 students taking the course in First Semester 2006/2007 (PBL n=214, non-PBL n=934, Table 5). The article reports "About 14% of PBL students scored A and A-" versus 6% for non-PBL, and failure rates of about 3% versus 9%. No effect size or significance test is printed for this comparison.

"About 14% of PBL students scored A and A-, whereas for those students without PBL, only 6% of them scored an A or A-."

Manaf et al. 2011 (2)¶

Nor Aziah Abdul Manaf, Zuaini Ishak & Wan Nordin Wan Hussin. (2011). Application of Problem Based Learning (PBL) in a Course on Financial Accounting Principles. Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction: Vol. 8 (2011): 21-47. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1137300

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Robustness test reported in the Results section to check the grade pattern was not driven by coursework marks alone; the article states PBL students scored higher on both components. No statistics are printed.

"The result showed that for both final exam and coursework, students from the PBL class scored higher marks than the non-PBL class."

Discussion¶

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