Learners' Initial Conceptions in Science and School Performance

Table 5.

Statisticalparameters of learners at the post-test.

T-Test- Independent Test Samples

  Levene’s test for equality of variance T-test for equality of means
F Sig t Df Sig.(2 tailed) Mean difference Std error difference 95% confidence interval of the difference

Lower Upper

Pre-testEqual variance assumedEqual not variance assumed   1,368   0,249 -7,444
-7,444
38
37,567
0,000
0,000
-3,90000
-3,90000
0,52390
0,52390
-4,96058
-4,96099
-2,83942
-2,83901