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Table 6 Spearman’s correlations between scores, post-test and normalized gains (ns denotes not significant)

From: Investigating the effects of learning activities in a mobile Python tutor for targeting multiple coding skills

 

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Correlation on score on identifying error and:

 Normalized gain

ns

rs = 0.55, p = .016

 Normalized gain on output prediction

ns

rs = 0.58, p = .009

 Normalized gain on code writing

ns

rs = 0.46, p = .048

 Post-test code writing

ns

rs = 0.59, p = .008

 Post-test all questions

ns

rs = 0.66, p = .002

 Post-test output prediction

ns

rs = 0.55, p = .015

Correlation on score on output prediction and:

 Score on identifying error

ns

rs = 0.68, p = .001

 Normalized gain on output prediction

ns

rs = 0.55, p = .016

 Post-test output prediction

ns

rs = 0.55, p = .015

Correlation on score on code fixing and:

 Score on identifying error

ns

rs = 0.56, p = .014