Learners perceived male PALs more positively and recalled more with them than with female PALs, reflecting gender stereotypes¶
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q2 i? Both male and female college students perceived a male PAL's persona more positively and recalled more after working with a male PAL than with a female PAL. → Yanghee Kim and Amy L. Baylor 2006
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Yanghee Kim and Amy L. Baylor 2006¶
Yanghee Kim and Amy L. Baylor. (2006). A Social-Cognitive Framework for Pedagogical Agents as Learning Companions. ETR&D, Vol. 54, No. 6, pp. 569–596. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-006-0637-3
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The review reports, citing Kim and Baylor (2005a, 2005b) and Baylor and Kim (2003, 2004), several studies in which agents differed only in gender, morphed from one image with identical scripts, gestures, and emotions. Male PALs were favored on perceptions, recall, and motivation; no effect sizes are printed.
"Both male and female college students perceived the persona of a male PAL more positively than that of a female PAL (Kim & Baylor, 2005a); recalled more after they worked with a male PAL than with a female PAL (Kim & Baylor, 2005b);"
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Learners perceived male PALs more positively and recalled more with them than with female PALs, reflecting gender stereotypes |
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Learners perceived male PALs more positively and recalled more with them than with female PALs, reflecting gender stereotypes |
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