The WhatsApp experimental group improved significantly from pre-test to post-test on the overall writing measure¶

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q2 i? The experimental group's overall mean rose significantly from pre-test to post-test in favor of the post test. → Said Fathy El Said Abdul Fattah 2015

Evidence¶

Said Fathy El Said Abdul Fattah 2015¶

Said Fathy El Said Abdul Fattah. (2015). The Effectiveness of Using WhatsApp Messenger as One of Mobile Learning Techniques to Develop Students' Writing Skills. Journal of Education and Practice, Vol.6, No.32. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1083503

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Paired-samples t-test on the experimental group's overall pre/post performance; the table prints means of 18.26 (pre) and 31.34 (post) with the reported "t. value, (9.745)" treated as exceeding the tabulated value.

"Observed t. value, (9.745) with the value of the tabulated t at the level (0.01) was .000. It showed that t value obtained from the posttest was more than t table value."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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