Action research in the physics classroom: the impact of authentic, inquiry based learning or instruction on the learning of thermal physics

Asia-Pacific Science Education

Table 1 Pre- and post-intervention MRIs for N2 students in the four subscales

Subscale	Pre-intervention		Post-intervention		t(27)	p-value
Subscale	M	SD	M	SD	t(27)	p-value
ME	3.23	0.56	3.39	0.55	−2.25	0.033*
VL	3.40	0.58	3.46	0.57	−0.67	0.51
SP	3.32	0.44	3.54	0.47	−3.33	0.003**
PS	3.23	0.60	3.45	0.70	−2.45	0.021*