Solomon four-group pilot found significant pre-post gains from EPIGAME play with no testing effects and no pretest-by-treatment interaction¶

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q3 i? In Study 1, a two-way within-subjects ANOVA showed significant pre-post gains (F = 10.61, df = 104, p < 0.01), no strong evidence of testing effects (F = 1.11, p = 0.29), and no pretest-treatment interaction (F = 0.36, p = 0.55). → Martinez-Garza 2017

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Martinez-Garza 2017¶

Martinez-Garza, M. M., & Clark, D. B. (2017). Investigating Epistemic Stances in Game Play with Data Mining. International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.4018/IJGCMS.2017070101

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Study 1 was a pilot with 86 9th graders in a Solomon four-group design; treatment groups played EPIGAME for three 90-minute sessions while non-treatment groups took normal instruction. The ANOVA showed "significant pre-post gains" with no testing effect or interaction.

"Two-way within-subjects ANOVA (Table 1) performed on the assessment data showed that students in Study 1 made significant pre-post gains (F = 10.61, df = 104, p < 0.01), with no strong evidence in favor of testing effects (F = 1.11, df = 104, p = 0.29) or interactions between pre-test scores and treatment (F = 0.36, df = 104, p = 0.55)."

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