Research Article

Using Peer Tutoring to Improve Students’ Academic Achievement in Financial Accounting Concepts

Table 2

Summary of analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) of postachievement test of students by treatments, gender, and SES. Dependent variable: postachievement test.

SourceType III sum of squaresDfMean squareFSig.Partial eta-squared

Corrected model3712.755a12309.396180.6650.0000.946
Intercept265.1351265.135154.8200.0000.555
Pretest56.234156.23432.8370.0000.209
Treatment336.4291336.429196.4510.0000.613
Gender5.29915.2993.0940.0810.024
SES12.29226.1463.5890.0310.055
Treatment∗gender4.28414.2842.5020.1160.020
Treatment∗SES23.427211.7136.8400.0020.099
Gender∗SES0.7302.3650.2130.8080.003
Treatment∗gender∗SES4.34522.1731.2690.2850.020
Error212.3551241.713
Total51277.000137
Corrected total3925.109136

R2 = .946 (adjusted R2 = .941), computed using alpha = .05.