Gender differences on graphics items arise on tasks requiring movement between 2D and 3D representations or directional processing, not on 2D-to-2D tasks¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2010 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The authors report no gender differences on items requiring 2D to 2D processing, while significant differences appeared on items requiring 2D-3D movement (Retinal-list Item 10, Map Item 16) and horizontal Connection processing (Item 20). → Lowrie 2010

Evidence¶

Lowrie 2010¶

Lowrie, Tom and Diezmann, Carmel. (2010). Solving graphics tasks: Gender differences in middle-school students. Learning and Instruction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2009.11.005

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Authors' item-level interpretation (Discussion §4.3) of the GLIM results: the Retinal-list item and one Map item both "required moveme nt between 2D and 3D processing", and the Connection item requiring horizontal linking showed differences, whereas 2D-to-2D items did not. No effect size is printed for this pattern.

"It is important to note that there were no gende r differences on items that required 2D to 2D processing. There were gender differen ces in one of the Connection language items (Item 20)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Gender — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

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