Students' respect for the instructor is affected by the horizontal posture dimension but not the vertical dimension, with pairwise differences no longer significant after correction¶
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q3 i1 In the preregistered experiment, students' respect was significantly affected only by the horizontal dimension, and corrected pairwise contrasts were not significant. → Traulsen 2024
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Traulsen 2024¶
Traulsen, S. J., & Zander, L. (2024). Straighten your back, open your arms! Effects of instructor's body postures in educational videos on students' interest and motivation. Learning and Instruction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2024.101959
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Preregistered experiment with 434 students; 2×2 ANOVA on respect (two items, α = .75). Only the horizontal dimension was significant (partial η2 = .011); the vertical effect was non-significant (partial η2 = .003).
"Students' respect for the instructor was significantly affected by the horizontal dimension, F (1, 430) = 4.851, p = .028, partial η2 = .011, but not by the vertical dimension, F (1, 430) = 1.363, p = .244, partial η2 = .003, nor by the interaction of both dimensions, F (1, 430) = 2.810, p = .094, partial η2 = .006."
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Related Claims¶
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- An instructor's upright versus slumped and open versus closed body posture in an educational video affects students' perceived instructor enthusiasm on both dimensions — related
- Instructor body posture affects students' liking of the instructor on both dimensions and their interaction, mainly driven by the slumped/closed condition — related
- Instructor body posture shows no significant main or interaction effects on students' motivation, though pairwise contrasts favour conditions over slumped/closed — related
- Instructor body posture shows no direct effects on students' situational interest, but indirect-only mediation effects through perceived enthusiasm — related
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Students' respect for the instructor is affected by the horizontal posture dimension but not the vertical dimension, with pairwise differences no longer significant after correction |
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Students' respect for the instructor is affected by the horizontal posture dimension but not the vertical dimension, with pairwise differences no longer significant after correction |
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