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Gender, task contexts, and children's performance on a computer-based task |
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| Authors: | Karen Littleton Helen Ashman Paul Light Jayne Artis Tony Roberts Annerieke Oosterwegel |
| Institution: | 1. Psychology Discipline, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, UK 2. Department of Mathematics and Computing, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, UK 3. Office of the Vice Chancellor, Bournemouth University, Poole House, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, Dorset, UK 4. Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UK |
| Abstract: | Gender differences in response to computers have been widely reported. This study addresses the question of how far the context in which a computer task is presented can affect girls' and boys' on-task performance. In an experimental study involving 60 ten and eleven year-olds, we examine the effects of differential contextualisation on girls' and boys' performance on a computer-based perceptual-motor skills task. Our findings illustrate that even with a single, standard piece of software, children's performance can be substantially affected by the context in which that software is presented. The results suggest that gender differences in children's responses to computer tasks are relatively labile, and highly context sensitive. The implications and possible explanations for these findings are considered. |
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