On higher-level application questions, percentage-correct growth was 15.0% in the simulation group versus 2.6% in the paper group¶

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q2 i? For the last five questions requiring higher-level thinking (application to the Grand Canyon case), mean percentage growth in correct answers was 15.0% for the simulation group versus 2.6% for the paper group. → Luo 2016

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Luo 2016¶

Luo, W., Pelletier, J., Duffin, K., Ormand, C., Hung, W., Shernoff, D., Zhai, X., Iverson, E., Whalley, K., Gallaher, C., and Furness, W. (2016). Advantages of Computer Simulation in Enhancing Students' Learning About Landform Evolution: A Case Study Using the Grand Canyon. Journal of Geoscience Education 64, 60-73. https://doi.org/10.5408/15-080.1

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Per-question analysis of percentage answering correctly, pretest to posttest, in the same quasiexperiment (Fig. 4). The article reports growth of "15.0%" versus "2.6%" for the five application questions and interprets this as deeper understanding of geological processes.

"The mean of the percentage growth in correct answers between the pretest and the posttest in the simulation group was 15.0%, whereas the growth for the paper group was only 2.6% (see Fig. 4)."

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