A compulsory specialized course on religions of the region increased students' confessional tolerance over a four-year teaching experiment¶

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q2 i? Students in the experimental groups showed an average increase of 18.5% in tolerant consciousness across academic years on the self-report questionnaire (average 78.0% before to 96.5% after, Table 3); expert ratings were reported separately as showing positive dynamics, with no percentage change given. → Naumenko and Naumenko 2016

Evidence¶

Naumenko and Naumenko 2016¶

Evgeny A. Naumenko, Olga N. Naumenko. (2016). Pedagogical Experience on Formation of Tolerant and Multicultural Consciousness of Students. European Journal of Contemporary Education. https://doi.org/10.13187/ejced.2016.17.335

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Four-year teaching experiment with 73 students aged 17–20 in experimental groups, assessed by a 50-item questionnaire and two independent expert groups on a 10-point scale. The article reports "an average change in the development of tolerant component in consciousness" of 18.5% per academic year; no effect size or significance test statistic is printed.

"An average change in the development of tolerant component in consciousness in the academic year was defined by quantitative measures – 18, 5 %."

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