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This study examined the effects of online access to peer-generated questions during question-generation activities on question-generation performance. This study adopted a quasi-experimental research method. Two eighth grade classes (N = 63) were randomly assigned to different groups—the online access experimental group and the no access contrast group, and participated in six weekly question-generation sessions. An online student question-generation learning system was adopted to support the activity. Independent-sample t-tests done on student week-by-week question-generation performance did not reveal significant differences between the two groups in any of the 6 weeks. The implication of the study is provided.
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Yu, FY., Yang, YT. (2014). Are There Positive Learning Effects of Online Access to Peer-Generated Questions?. In: Uden, L., Tao, YH., Yang, HC., Ting, IH. (eds) The 2nd International Workshop on Learning Technology for Education in Cloud. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7308-0_14
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