Table 2.
The effect of the peer-chain technique on participants’ vocabulary knowledge and retention
| Control | Experiment | ANOVA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M±SD | (%95 CI) | M± SD | (%95 CI) | Time | Group | Time×Group | |
| Pre-test | 17.3±6.5 | (14.4-20.3) a | 18.8±6.8 | (16.0-21.6) a | |||
| Post-test | β27.6±4.1 | (25.8-29.5) b | 31.6±4.8 | (29.7-33.6) bc | 139.3** | 7.1* | 3.8* |
| Retention test | β20.0±4.4 | (24.0-28.0) c | 31.7±6.3 | (29.1-34.3) cb | |||
*p< .05; **p<.01; 95 % CI= 95% Confidence Interval, Time= Pre-test, post-test and retention test, Group= Experiment and control groups, Time×Group= The interaction of time and group factors. βSignificant differences between the groups, a,b,c Significant difference among means with different letter in the same column p < .05.