Notetaking Instruction Enhances Students’ Science Learning

Table 1

The means, standard deviation, and numbers of participants on dependant variables for the three treatments and two prior knowledge groups.

Prior knowledge	Strategic (𝑁=38)	Partial (𝑁=39)	Control (𝑁=33)
		BCIU		Total
High (𝑁=33)
M	6.80	6.25	1.33	4.80
SD	2.69	3.41	2.50	2.86
N	12	12	9	33
Medium (𝑁=32)
M	4.82	5.30	2.08	4.07
SD	3.37	3.09	1.73	2.73
N	10	10	12	32
Low (𝑁=45)
M	4.94	3.35	.75	3.01
SD	3.60	2.99	.86	2.48
N	16	17	12	45
Total
M	5.52**	4.97**	1.39
SD	3.22	3.16	1.70
N	38	39	33
		VCIU		Total
High (𝑁=33)
M	2.00	1.33	1.22	1.51*
SD	1.22	.98	.66	.95
Medium (𝑁=32)
M	1.06	1.50	.83	1.13
SD	.96	1.08	.83	.96
Low (𝑁=45)
M	1.13	1.05	.25	.81
SD	.80	1.02	.45	.76
Total
M	1.40**	1.29**	.77
SD	.99	1.03	.65
		NCIU		Total
High (𝑁=33)
M	1.80	1.33	1.00	1.38
SD	1.30	.77	1.00	1.02
Medium (𝑁=32)
M	1.65	1.60	1.00	1.42
SD	1.05	1.07	1.12	1.08
Low (𝑁=45)
M	1.31	1.00	1.08	1.13
SD	.60	.00	.90	.50
Total
M	1.59*	1.31*	1.03
SD	.98	.61	1.01
		Test		Total
High (𝑁=33)
M	10.60	10.83	10.00	10.48
SD	5.08	2.98	3.28	3.78
Medium (𝑁=32)
M	11.76	12.40	9.83	11.33*
SD	2.43	3.23	2.98	2.88
Low (𝑁=45)
M	9.44	9.88	8.50	9.27
SD	3.27	3.18	3.82	3.42
Total
M	10.60	11.04	9.44
SD	3.59	3.13	3.36
		Essay		Total
High (𝑁=33)
M	1.80	1.77	1.51	1.69
SD	1.05	.83	.59	.82
Medium (𝑁=32)
M	1.16	1.98	1.85	1.66
SD	1.07	.80	.25	.71
Low (𝑁=45)
M	1.13	1.46	1.04	1.21
SD	.68	.72	.75	.72
Total
M	1.36	1.74	1.47
SD	.93	.79	.65
		Delayed recall concepts		Total
High (𝑁=33)
M	2.20	2.25	2.44	2.30
SD	1.10	1.29	1.87	1.42
Medium (𝑁=32)
M	2.35	2.40	2.30	2.35
SD	1.37	1.37	1.88	1.54
Low (𝑁=45)
M	1.99	2.11	1.83	1.98
SD	1.70	1.41	.93	1.35
Total
M	2.18	2.25	2.19
SD	1.36	1.36	1.56