The PISG and PSGI script sequences showed no statistically significant differences on high- and low-level inquiry processes, with small effect sizes despite descriptive trends favoring PISG on high-level processes¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Descriptively, the PISG sequence showed more occurrences of high-level generating evidence, evaluating evidence, and drawing conclusions than PSGI, but the differences were not statistically significant and effect sizes were small. → Esther Tan 2018

Evidence¶

Esther Tan 2018¶

Esther Tan (2018). Effects of two differently sequenced classroom scripts on common ground in collaborative inquiry learning. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-018-9460-6

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Quantitative analysis of coded discourse from 20 groups (PISG n = 32, PSGI n = 29) across the three collaborative inquiry processes: "PISG script sequence facilitated more occurrences for high-level generation of evidence, high-level evaluation of evidence and high-level drawing of conclusions," but "there was no statistical significance and the effect sizes were small."

"overall descriptive findings showed that PISG script sequence facilitated more occurrences for high-level generation of evidence, high-level evaluation of evidence and high-level drawing of conclusions as compared to the PSGI script condition, again, there was no statistical significance and the effect sizes were small"

Esther Tan 2018 (2)¶

Esther Tan (2018). Effects of two differently sequenced classroom scripts on common ground in collaborative inquiry learning. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-018-9460-6

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The same analysis on low-level inquiry processes found "the PISG script condition reduces the occurrences of all three low-level inquiry processes but the results were not significant"; no effect size value is printed in this sentence.

"Similarly, findings showed that the PISG script condition reduces the occurrences of all three low-level inquiry processes but the results were not significant."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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