WebQuest instruction does not significantly change 7th-graders' attitudes towards science compared with classical teaching¶

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q2 i? Post-test attitude towards science means were higher in the WebQuest group (120.67 vs 113.68) but the difference was not statistically significant (p>.05). → Ahmet Unal 2016

Evidence¶

Ahmet Unal 2016¶

Ahmet Unal, Melek Altıparmak Karakuş. (2016). Interacting Science through Web Quests. Universal Journal of Educational Research 4(7). https://doi.org/10.13189/ujer.2016.040712

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Same quasi-experiment, measured with the 31-item Attitude towards Science Scale (Cronbach's alpha 0.923). Both groups' attitudes rose but "the difference was found not to be significant (p>.05)"; no effect size printed.

"The mean score of the experimental group (X=120.67) was higher than the mean score of the control group (X=113.68). In order to see if this differen ce is significant or not , t-test was performed and the difference was found not to be significant (p>.05)."

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