SI-PASS group membership (leader) had no effect on exam performance, with only the TOLT logical thinking score predicting grades in multilevel analysis¶

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q2 i? Multilevel analysis detected no between-group (leader) variance in exam performance; only the TOLT pre-test score significantly influenced results. → Puttaert 2025

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

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Two-level regression analysis (lme4 in R) of exam performance with students nested in 13 leader groups. Leader variance was zero (ICC = 0), and TOLT was the only significant predictor (γ02 = .58, p < .001 in Model 2); intervention and SES were nonsignificant.

"It shows that there are no between group (leader) variance and that the only independent variable that influences students' exam results is the score these same students obtained on the TOLT, the logic test used as a pre-test."

Discussion¶

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