Experimental group students held positive views about Roundhouse Diagrams, though about a quarter reported difficulty writing in their own words and being creative¶

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q2 i? 93.75% of the questionnaire mean scores fell in the Always/Usually range, indicating positive views; 69.6% enjoyed studying with the diagram, but 26.1% reported difficulty writing information in their own words and using their creativity. → Kocakaya and Gönen 2014

Evidence¶

Kocakaya and Gönen 2014¶

F. Kocakaya, S. Gönen. (2014). Influence of Computer-Assisted Roundhouse Diagrams on High School 9th Grade Students’ Understanding the Subjects of “Force and Motion”. Science Education International, 25(3), 283-311. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1044458

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Questionnaire (16 Likert-type propositions, Cronbach-alpha 0.75) applied only to the 30 experimental-group students; percentages and mean scores per proposition were calculated. The article reports "26,1% of the students reported that they had difficulty writing down the information in their own words and using their creativity".

"The results of the analysis of the data obtained via the Questionnaire for Roundhouse Diagram Student Views revealed that a majority of the mean scores regarding the propositions (93.75%) belonged to such responses as “Always” and “Usually”."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The Roundhouse Diagram group also scored higher on the short-answer concept test posttest than the control group — related
• Computer-assisted Roundhouse Diagrams produced higher posttest scores than the Context-Based Learning curriculum alone on a 9th-grade Force and Motion multiple-choice achievement test — related
• Within-group gains on the multiple-choice achievement test were significant only for the Roundhouse Diagram group, not the control group — related
• Roundhouse Diagrams helped reveal student misconceptions, which students generally reflected in the visuals they drew — related