The effect of Tekster does not depend on students' initial writing proficiency¶

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q3 i? An aptitude–treatment interaction analysis found no evidence that the intervention effect depended on students' writing proficiency. → Bouwer 2018

Evidence¶

Bouwer 2018¶

Bouwer, R., Koster, M., & van den Bergh, H. (2018). Effects of a Strategy-Focused Instructional Program on the Writing Quality of Upper Elementary Students in the Netherlands. Journal of Educational Psychology, 110(1), 58–71. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000206

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Aptitude–treatment interaction analysis regressing posttest on pretest scores per group; the regression coefficients were 0.60 (SE = 0.02) for Group 1 and 0.59 (SE = 0.03) for Group 2, a nonsignificant difference (t = 0.20, p = .42). No effect size is printed.

"Hence, the results did not show an aptitude treatment interaction, indicating the effects of the intervention did not depend on students’ writing proficiency."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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