LING 333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Effect Size, Data Analysis
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Effect size: defined as the extent to which an experimental manipulation has an effect of separating two groups. Data analysis using strict scoring produced very similar results. All results that were statistically significant with lenient score were also statistically significant with strict scoring. It"s true that participants learn more vocab doing 3 fill in the blank than one sentence writing exercise, it"s also true that doing the 3 completion exercises took about 50% more time. Many educators see fill in the blank exercises as a superficial or passive use of the vocabulary, especially when compared to writing original sentences. Fill in the blank exercises induce less involvement than writing original sentences as measured by their involvement index. On 3 essential components of learner involvement namely. Educators have commonly assumed that students retain new vocabulary better by writing original sentences than by doing a superficial completion exercise.
