Summary: A researcher was interested in increasing studentmotivation in community colleges. After reading previous researchinto the topic of student motivation and emerging adulthood (whichis ages 18-25), he hypothesized that students would be moremotivated if they felt connected to the campus. He decided to trythis out and assess whether it worked. He worked with one collegeto implement campus connect, a program that gets studentsto interact with each other and members of the campus communityoutside of classroom hours. He conducted a pretest of motivationand identified anyone with a score over 5 on a 10-point scale ofmotivation as motivated; the pretest revealed that only 30% ofstudents met this criteria for being labeled motivated. Based onprevious research, he believed that a successful intervention couldincrease this to 65%. Two months after the program was implemented,he assessed motivation again. This time he found that 72% ofstudents met criteria to be labeled motivated and this resultshowed a significant increase compared to before theintervention.
From this scenario, answer the following quiz questions.
1. Which of the following designs is being used?
| posttest-only experimental design |
| pretest-posttest experimental design |
| Solomon four-group design |
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2. . which of the following ins a weakness of this study?
| it is not generalizable to all students |
| it includes many participants |
| the pretest allows for assessment of change at posttest |
| a control group is needed to draw conclusions |
3. which sentence includes the objective of the study?
| .After reading previous research into the topic of studentmotivation and emerging adulthood (which is ages 18-25), hehypothesized that students would be more motivated if they feltconnected to the campus |
| He worked with one college to implement campusconnect, a program that gets students to interact with eachother and members of the campus community outside of classroomhours |
| He conducted a pretest of motivation and identified anyone witha score over 5 on a 10-point scale of motivation as motivated |
| Based on previous research, he believed that a successfulintervention could increase this to 65% |
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4.What is the dependent variable?
| feeling connected to campus |
5. What is the independent variable?
| feeling connected to campus |
6. Which of the following is a strength of this study?
| it is generalizable to all students |
| it is in depth and includes rich qualitative data |
| the pretest allows for assessment of change at posttest |
| the use of a control group allows for comparison ofdifference |
