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ERIC ED471187: The Effectiveness of Electronically Communicated Enc... |
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An experiment using two undergraduate psychology classes |
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was conducted to see if encouraging comments from the |
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instructor, which were e-mailed to the students, would |
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have an effect on student's test performance. No |
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statistical difference was found between the grades of |
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the class that received encouraging comments from the |
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instructor and the class that did not (at an alpha level |
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of .15). This failure to replicate the self-fulfilling |
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prophecy effects of Rosenthal's 1968 "Pygmalion in the |
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Classroom" study once again raises doubts about |
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generalizability of the historic study. Student apathy to |
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the instructor's opinion is suggested as the primary |
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explanation for the surprising results of this study. |
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Suggestions for further research are made. Contains 18 |
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references and a table of data. Appendixes contain raw |
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data; graphs of test scores with normal curve overlay; |
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descriptive statistics and paired sample correlations; |
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and an informed consent form. (Author/RS) |
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Date Published: 2016-01-15 11:48:59 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED471187 |
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Item Size: 22728642 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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