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Research Design

Research Design: Pre-Experimental Design

 One Group: One designated treatment group

 No Control Group

 Random assignment is not used. Individuals are all African American students in the 5 th grade.

 One Group Pretest-Posttest Design:

 Single group (O) is pretested, given treatment (X) and post tested after treatment (O).

 Symbolic Design: OXO

 Designs consists of 20 students.

 Treatment and research will be conducted over a period of 4 weeks.

 Pre and Post Surveys (same questions for both) will be given to designated group to measure any differences created by the treatment.

After undergoing the treatment which consisted of real world relevant explanations of economics and money students believed that social studies will aid in their success in the future. With a very strong positive direction and correlation coefficient of .777(rxy) their change in attitude is evident.

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Pre X

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Post Y

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3 rxy

3 0.777322

Proposed Data Analysis and Correlation

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1,5

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0,5

Pretest Mean – 2.15

Posttest Mean – 3.00

Pre/Post Question: S.S. Will Make Me A Successful Adult

1 1,5 2 2,5

Students Undergone Treatment

3 3,5 4 4,5

.rxy = .777

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Proposed Data Analysis and Correlation

Student attitudes towards social studies improved after the treatment. With a strong positive direction and correlation coefficient of .637(rxy) it is evident the treatment did affect attitudes positively towards studying social studies.

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Pre X

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Post Y

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4 rxy

1 0.637489

Pre/Post Questio: I Enjoy Studying History and Social Studies

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4,5

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0 0,5

Pretest Mean – 2.05

Posttest Mean – 2.10

1 1,5 2 2,5

Students Undergone Treatment

3 3,5 4

.rxy = .637

4,5

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