Table 1. Neuroscience literacy scores for the two groups at the two time points.
Pre | Post | ||||||
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Section (Number of items) | M | SD | M | SD | t | p | d |
Experimental group (N = 50) | |||||||
I. General knowledge (13) | 7.18 | 2.4 | 7.82 | 2.1 | 1.90 | .063 | 0.29 |
II. Brain function (8) | 3.54 | 1.4 | 4.14 | 1.1 | 3.00 | .004 | 0.49 |
III. Brain development (10) | 4.42 | 2.2 | 6.00 | 1.7 | 6.30 | < .001 | 0.81 |
IV. Brain structure (12) | 5.42 | 2.0 | 6.04 | 1.8 | 2.25 | .029 | 0.33 |
V. Neuroimaging (6) | 2.48 | 1.6 | 3.46 | 1.4 | 3.85 | < .001 | 0.66 |
VI. Applying neuroscience (10) | 5.58 | 1.6 | 6.14 | 1.8 | 2.04 | .047 | 0.33 |
Total (59) | 28.62 | 8.2 | 33.60 | 6.1 | 5.65 | < .001 | 0.69 |
Control group (N = 49) | |||||||
I. General knowledge (13) | 7.29 | 2.4 | 7.20 | 2.4 | -0.26 | .793 | -0.04 |
II. Brain function (8) | 3.16 | 1.5 | 3.24 | 1.6 | 0.31 | .761 | 0.05 |
III. Brain development (10) | 4.59 | 2.5 | 4.69 | 2.4 | 0.28 | .784 | 0.04 |
IV. Brain structure (12) | 4.27 | 2.5 | 4.00 | 2.7 | -0.64 | .525 | -0.10 |
V. Neuroimaging (6) | 2.39 | 1.7 | 2.55 | 1.7 | 0.65 | .519 | 0.10 |
VI. Applying neuroscience (10) | 5.49 | 2.4 | 5.02 | 2.5 | -1.46 | .152 | -0.19 |
Total (59) | 27.18 | 10.2 | 26.71 | 10.6 | -0.36 | .723 | -0.05 |