Intervention cohort scored significantly higher on creativity thinking, design skills, and problem solving, but not on presentation or attendance¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r1 · q2 · i3 large
Currency · newest study 2026 · checked against its sources 2026-10-18 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i3 Between-cohort differences were statistically significant for creativity thinking (g = 1.09), design skills (g = 1.42), and problem solving (g = 1.23), but not for presentation (p = 0.100) or attendance (p = 0.445). → Hong Qu 2026

Evidence¶

Hong Qu 2026¶

Hong Qu, Zichao Ling, Yadie Yang. (2026). Integrating Flipped Learning and Generative AI for Practice-Based Design Education: Evidence from a Knit Yarn Design Course. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.18505 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2609.18505

q2 · i3 · causal · r1

Between-cohort comparison across the five rubric dimensions (Table 2). Hedges' g values were 1.09 for creativity thinking, 1.42 for design skills, and 1.23 for problem solving, described as "large standardized mean differences in this sample".

"Welch's two-samplet-tests indicated statistically significant between-cohort differences for creativity thinking (p= 0.006), design skills (p <0.001), problem solving (p= 0.005), and total course score (p= 0.003)."

Hong Qu 2026 (2)¶

Hong Qu, Zichao Ling, Yadie Yang. (2026). Integrating Flipped Learning and Generative AI for Practice-Based Design Education: Evidence from a Knit Yarn Design Course. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.18505

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Null results for two rubric dimensions in the same historical-cohort comparison: presentation and attendance showed no statistically significant between-cohort differences; equivalence was not tested. Mann–Whitney U sensitivity tests showed a broadly consistent pattern.

"By contrast, the between-cohort differences in presentation (p= 0.100,g= 0.62, 95% CI [-0.29, 7.17]) and attendance (p= 0.445,g= 0.29, 95% CI [-3.46, 8.17]) were not statistically significant."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Creativity — outcome: instruction changes it
• Problem Solving — outcome: instruction changes it

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