Male and female students show different tendencies in which media scaffolding they use¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Observation showed 70% of male students used props and 60% of female students used charts, with visual least used by both (10% each). → Sutiarso 2018

Evidence¶

Sutiarso 2018¶

Sutiarso, S., Coesamin, M., & Nurhanurawati. (2018). The effect of various media scaffolding on increasing understanding of students' geometry concepts. Journal on Mathematics Education, 9(1), 95-102. https://ejournal.unsri.ac.id/index.php/jme

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Descriptive percentage analysis of observations of 10 male and 10 female students choosing among charts, props, and visual media. Table 2 reports male students: props 70%, charts 20%, visual 10%; female students: charts 60%, props 30%, visual 10%.

"Based on Table 2, it seems that the charts and props as media scaffolding that is widely used student than visual, with details of many male students using charts and many female students using props."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

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

Related Claims¶

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