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Table 3 Means and standard deviations of the CPAM scores for the two student groups

From: Engineering design learning for high school and college first-year students in a STEM battlebot design project

Dimension/variable

High school students

(n = 11)

College first-year students

(n = 11)

Mann–Whitney U

M (SD)

M (SD)

 

Novelty

3.00 (0.73)

4.45 (0.69)

7.50***

Originality

3.05 (0.49)

4.59 (0.49)

6.00***

Surprise

2.96 (0.79)

4.32 (0.64)

12.00**

Resolution

3.40 (0.95)

4.43 (0.38)

15.00**

Logic

3.50 (0.86)

4.41 (0.30)

28.00*

Value

2.77 (0.85)

3.91 (0.74)

18.50**

Usefulness

3.55 (1.39)

4.64 (0.67)

27.00*

Understandability

3.77 (0.98)

4.77 (0.41)

15.50**

Elaboration/synthesis

2.86 (0.55)

4.50 (0.34)

0.00***

Organic qualities

3.18 (0.84)

4.77 (0.41)

5.00***

Elegance

2.82 (0.56)

4.36 (0.50)

0.00***

Craftsmanship

2.59 (0.44)

4.36 (0.50)

0.00***

Total

3.13 (0.69)

4.46 (0.30)

0.00***

Design sample

 
  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001