The interrelationship between concepts about agency and students’ use of teachable-agent learning technology

Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Table 6 Regressions predicting causal reasoning and content posttest scores using the corresponding pretest scores and intentional behavioral predictions for a person in Experiment 3

	Beta	t	p
Person behavioral predictions
Causal reasoning posttest R² = 0.089, F(2,68) = 3.340, p = 0.041
Person behav. pred.	0.265	2.293	0.025
Pretest	0.138	1.193	0.237
Content multiple choice posttest R² = 0.445, F(2,68) = 27.237, p < 0.001
Person behav. pred.	0.169	1.833	0.071
Pretest	0.614	6.669	< 0.001
Content short answer posttest R² = 0.101, F(2,68) = 3.800, p = 0.027
Person behav. pred.	0.076	0.658	0.512
Pretest	0.297	2.558	0.013