PF students scored significantly higher than DI students on far transfer (robot mining problem), with an independent teacher experience effect¶

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q2 i1 Treatment group (PF) and teacher experience each had significant positive main effects on far transfer scores (η² = .032 and η² = .031), with no significant interaction. → Jacobson 2017

Evidence¶

Jacobson 2017¶

Jacobson, Michael, Markauskaite, Lina, Portolese, Alisha, Kapur, Manu, Lai, Polly, & Roberts, Gareth (2017). Designs for learning about climate change as a complex system. Learning and Instruction, 52, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2017.03.007

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Two-way ANOVA on the post-test-only robot gold mining far transfer problem, a topic not associated with any computer model used in the intervention, in the quasi-experiment with 110 students. Both main effects were significant (η² = .032 and η² = .031); the interaction was not.

"For the “robot mining” far transfer problem on the post-test, a two-way ANOVA revealed that there was a significant main effect of treatment group (F(1,106) = 3.554, p = .031, one-tailed, = .032) and a significant main effect of teacher experience (F(1,106) = 3.382, p = .035, one-tailed, = .031)."

Discussion¶

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