Samples with a majority of female students showed significantly smaller science effects than evenly distributed samples¶

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q3 i? In the meta-regression, the percentage of female students was the only variable significantly related to effect size: majority-female samples (56–99%) had smaller effects than evenly distributed samples (b = −0.59, p = .05). → Polanin 2024

Evidence¶

Polanin 2024¶

Polanin, J. R., Austin, M., Taylor, J. A., Steingut, R. R., Rodgers, M. A., & Williams, R. (2024). Effects of the 5E Instructional Model: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. AERA Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584241269866

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Exploratory meta-regression Model 1 on the science domain (R² = 36.6%): the only significant predictor was sample sex composition, with majority-female samples showing smaller effects than evenly distributed samples.

"effects differed significantly for samples that were comprised of a majority of female students (56–99%) compared to samples that had an even distribution of male and female students (55–45% female students; b = −0.59, SE = 0.26, p = .05)"

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