ERIC Number: EJ1199903
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Dec
Pages: 17
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ISSN: EISSN-1696-2095
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Do Boys and Girls Learn the Same Way? A Preliminary Study in Primary Education Analyzing Gender Differences
Aragón, Estíbaliz; Serrano, Noemí; Navarro, Jose Ignacio
Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, v16 n46 p537-553 Dec 2018
Introduction: Differences in learning mathematics between boys and girls are being controversial according to different studies. However, those divergences are not always supported by empirical studies. One of the specific sources of difficulties on this topic is the fluency calculation learning, where performance differences between boys and girls need be clarified by new research, in order to gain more differentiated insights in possibly emerging gender differ, because the social and gender consequences. The current study analysed the gender differences in fluency calculation. Method: Participants were students of second cycle of primary education (n = 138), aged from 101-133 months old (8 year and 4 months to 11 year). Participants were 50 girls and 88 boys. Results: Statistical analyses did not showed differences between boys and girls in the 3rd grade of primary education. However, in the 4th grade the differences did reveal significant differences in the fluency calculation task. These results were supported by effect size and mutivariant analysis calculation. Discussion and Conclusion: Data suggests a gender gap around aged 9 between boys and girls, that would benefit boys in fluency calculation scores. Results, limitations and future potential research of the topic are discussed.
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Mathematics Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Skills, Gender Differences, Grade 3, Grade 4, Effect Size, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Tests, Scores, Achievement Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Computation
University of Almeria, Education & Psychology I+D+i. Faculty of Psychology Department of Educational and Developmental Psychology, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, 04120 LaCanada de San Urbano, Almeria, Spain. Tel: +34-950-015354; Fax: +34-950-015083; Web site: http://ojs.ual.es/ojs/index.php/EJREP/index
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement
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