As it is seen in Table 2, the students in the control group got an average of 26.75 points in the pre-test
assessment in the unit of Hoop and Circle; they got an average of 58.91 points in the post test administered after
the application. According to the results obtained, there is a 32.16 points difference in favor of the post test
between the means of the grades that the students in the experiment group got in the pre and post achievement
tests. This difference can be named as the average achievement grade that the students in the control group
obtained in the unit of Hoop and Circle. “t” value has proved to be significant according to the results of a paired
t test that has been conducted to learn the significance of the differences between these average grades that the
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students in the control group obtained in the pre and post tests [t =-14.16; (p=.00