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To Determine if Technology Can Improve Student Retention & Raise
Test Grades?
Presented by Anjum NajmiCECS 5610/030
Final Paper Design
To determine the effectiveness of technology (inspiration software) in improving student retention and raising test grades.
Hypothesis
The study spans over 6 weeks:
One pretest; One post-test
Eight problem solving practice sessions (twice a week, 40 min each)
At week six, the experimental and control groups would be given the post-test (50 min).
DesignExperimental Pre & Post test control group design
R O X OR O O
Two Independent Variables:1. Between-Group (independent variable)
Control Group (not using inspiration software) Experimental Group (using inspiration software)
2. Within-Group (independent variable)“Test” divided into pre & post tests
Dependant Variable:Student Pre & Post Test Scores
Procedure* Students in the control group will copy glossary words from a power-point presentation, write the terms and their definitions in a spiral and use that as a review sheet for learning.
* Students in the experimental group are to use Inspiration software they will diagram the glossary words, their meanings and their definitions and learn the terms.
Internal Validity: The computer grades the multiple choice tests and the Inspiration Diagrams are free from interpretation bias they are either done correctly or not.
External Validity: Another teacher should be able to get the same results with the same group of children if the same process is followed.
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Data Analysis
Group N Pretest Post-test
Mean SD Mean SD
Experimental 75 E/M 1 E/SD1 E/M2 E/SD2
Control 75 C/M1 C/SD1 C/M2 C/SD2
Mean and Standard Deviations are determined for pre and post test scores
A p < 0.05 significance level is adopted
To check for variances within groups, a homogeneity test can be considered
A two way mixed analysis of variance (ANOVA) is used to determine
• Determine the average difference between-group Means
• Determine the average variance within-groups
• F-value is used to reduce the incidence of error
• Possible significance between groups and within groups would reveal if they are statistically significant enough to be important
Educational Significance
Improves student retention through a step-by-step approach to learning.
Learning more challenging and meaningful
Reduces student frustration in learning, as the system would give guidance and feedback during the learning process
This type of learning can benefit other students i.e. special education as it is visual and graphic and easy to follow
Findings can be reported to students, teacher and administrators involved. If positive; a report could be done district wide or during in-service meetings so that other teachers could use the same method in their classrooms
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