Forum Higher Ed & Training Forum: Re: Educational Research and Learning Design: The No Significant Difference problem

By: Alfred Low

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Hi James, thinking aloud,

Perhaps research might start to think about an experiment that can provide insights on learning outcomes as dependable variable (DV). The null hypothesis (H0) could be stated as: Different pedagogical perspectives on learning design has no difference ion the learning outcomes. And the alternative hypothesis (H1) is that there is a difference.

Given three perspectives on learning, i.e. associative, cognitive and situative proposed my Mayes & de Frietas (2007),perhaps these can be independent variables (IV)

So a 2 factor 3 level between subjects experimental design of learning design is worth doing? Suppose learning design is the IV of three levels - associative, cognitive and situative (as predictors) and outcomes of learning as criterion (DV levels depend on how many outcomes).

The control group learns by conventional methods (non-ICT).

If we consider N = 30, and then we can random assign them equally (gender distributed) to 2 groups we could run study...does it make sense?

Thanks,
Alfred

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