SI-PASS participants did not engage more with online exercises than controls in the RCT, but attendance correlated with online exercise engagement¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q2–q3 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? No significant difference in online exercise completion between experimental and control groups (t(182) = .48, p = .63). → Puttaert 2025 q2 i2 Among SI-PASS students, meeting attendance correlated with online exercise engagement (r = .33), and online exercise engagement correlated strongly with exam performance (r = .75). → Puttaert 2025 (2)

Evidence¶

Puttaert 2025¶

Puttaert, N., Dachet, D., Baye, A., Quertemont, E., Leduc, L., Nyssen, A.-S., & Verpoorten, D. (2025). Effects of SI-PASS on a high-risk course – A randomized controlled trial. Learning and Instruction, 95, 102042. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2024.102042

q3 · i? · causal · r2

RCT comparison of the number of online exercises completed between experimental and control groups using LMS learning analytics. "No statistical difference was found in engagement with the online exercises" between the two randomly assigned groups.

"No statistical difference was found in engagement with the online exercises (number of online exercises completed, irrespective of the accuracy of the answers) between the groups (t(182) = .48, p = .63)."

Puttaert 2025 (2)¶

Puttaert, N., Dachet, D., Baye, A., Quertemont, E., Leduc, L., Nyssen, A.-S., & Verpoorten, D. (2025). Effects of SI-PASS on a high-risk course – A randomized controlled trial. Learning and Instruction, 95, 102042. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2024.102042

q2 · i2 · causal · r2

Correlation matrix computed for SI-PASS participants only, relating meeting attendance to online exercise interaction. The correlation was significant at "r(90) = .33, p = .001", a printed effect size of r = .33, suggesting students engaged with one support tend to engage with the other.

"Yet, a correlation matrix calculated for SI-PASS students only reveal a significant relationship between their attendance at meetings and their interaction with online exercises (r(90) = .33, p = .001)"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Attendance at SI-PASS meetings correlates positively with final exam performance within the experimental group — related
• In a quasi-experimental comparison, SI-PASS participants completed far more online exercises than non-volunteering students (d = .72) — related
• In a randomized controlled trial, SI-PASS participation did not significantly improve final exam performance compared to a waiting-list control group — related