Table 1.
Average proportion correct at pretest and posttest in each gesture condition and for each type of assessment item
| Gesture (G) condition | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No G to equation | G to equation | ||||||||
| No G to graph (N = 19) |
G to graph (N = 20) |
No G to graph (N = 20) |
G to graph (N = 23) |
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| Item type | Number of items | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post |
| Equation encoding | 2 | .88 | .99 | .88 | .95 | .86 | .95 | .83 | .98 |
| Graph encoding | 2 | .30 | .51 | .25 | .61 | .21 | .48 | .26 | .55 |
| Translation | 8 | .26 | .64 | .35 | .76 | .37 | .59 | .35 | .64 |
| Identify terms in equation | 1 | .11 | .63 | .15 | .60 | .15 | .63 | .22 | .65 |
| Describe relation in words | 1 | .13 | .55 | .20 | .65 | .15 | .45 | .09 | .65 |
Note: For each item, two problem elements were coded (slope and intercept).