Perceived difficulty was negatively correlated with recognition but not significantly with transfer or drawing test performance¶
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q3 i2 Perceived difficulty correlated negatively with recognition performance (r = −0.28) but showed no significant correlation with transfer and drawing test performance. → Steffen P. Schmidgall 2020
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Steffen P. Schmidgall 2020¶
Steffen P. Schmidgall, Katharina Scheiter, Alexander Eitel. (2020). Can we further improve tablet-based drawing to enhance learning? An empirical test of two types of support. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-020-09513-6
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Secondary correlational analysis reported in the Results section relating difficulty ratings to the three learning outcome measures across conditions. The article prints "recognition performance (r = − 0.28, p < 0.001)"; the transfer and drawing test correlations were not significant with |rs| below 0.11.
"Perceived difficulty was negatively correlated with recognition performance (r = − 0.28, p < 0.001), but was not significantly correlated with transfer and drawing test performance (both |rs|< 0.11, ps > 0.21)."
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Perceived difficulty was negatively correlated with recognition but not significantly with transfer or drawing test performance |
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Perceived difficulty was negatively correlated with recognition but not significantly with transfer or drawing test performance |
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