Table 7

Mean score of the post-test of both groups

Steps of learning strategiesItemsGroupNMean rankSum of ranksMann–Whitney U testZSig. (Two-tailed)
Identifying and defining the problemIDP1Experimental80101.288102.501537.500−6.3710.000
Control8059.724777.50
IDP2Experimental8094.747579.002061.000−4.5390.000
Control8066.265301.00
IDP3Experimental8087.336986.002654.000−2.4060.016
Control8073.685894.00
Building knowledge from contextual learningBK1Experimental8091.007280.002360.000−4.2960.000
Control8070.005600.00
BK2Experimental8094.277541.502098.000−4.4880.000
Control8066.735338.50
BK3Experimental8097.957836.001804.000−5.8730.000
Control8063.055044.00
Applying physics and mechanical engineering to problem-solvingAP1Experimental8093.687494.002146.000−4.4600.000
Control8067.335386.00
AP2Experimental8095.267620.502019.500−4.4630.000
Control8065.745259.50
AP3Experimental8092.427393.502246.500−3.7690.000
Control8068.585486.50
Integrating knowledgeIK1Experimental8090.797263.002377.000−3.2080.001
Control8070.215617.00
IK2Experimental80105.718457.001183.000−7.7830.000
Control8055.294423.00
IK3Experimental80107.428593.501046.500−8.3480.000
Control8053.584286.50

Source(s): Author’s calculations

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