Question of the Week: Can a Low-Stakes Assignment Improve Students’ Attitudes?

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Table 1 Comparison of mean attitude changes.

Component	Group	n	Pre-test mean (SD)	Post-test mean (SD)	Post–pre mean (SD)
Affect	QOW	257	4.13 (1.08)	4.50 (1.18)	0.37 (1.30)
	Control	100	4.42 (1.04)	4.56 (1.45)	0.14 (1.58)
Cog Comp	QOW	257	4.74 (1.03)	5.08 (1.10)	0.34 (1.19)
	Control	100	5.09 (0.92)	5.13 (1.13)	0.04 (1.32)
Value	QOW	257	4.95 (0.90)	4.79 (0.98)	−0.17 (0.94)
	Control	100	5.17 (0.99)	4.79 (1.15)	−0.38 (1.05)
Difficulty	QOW	257	3.63 (0.71)	4.03 (0.85)	0.40 (0.83)
	Control	100	3.68 (0.70)	3.96 (1.06)	0.27 (1.13)
Interest	QOW	257	4.51 (1.11)	4.14 (1.21)	−0.37 (1.28)
	Control	100	4.87 (1.11)	4.22 (1.48)	−0.65 (1.51)
Effort	QOW	257	6.66 (0.54)	6.25 (0.97)	−0.41 (0.98)
	Control	100	6.61 (1.00)	6.18 (0.85)	−0.43 (1.22)

Fig. 1 Side-by-side boxplots of differences in SATS scores by component.