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ERIC Number: EJ633783
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0256-2928
Gender, Task Contexts, and Children's Performance on a Computer-based Task.
Littleton, Karen; Ashman, Helen; Light, Paul; Artis, Jayne; Roberts, Tony; Oosterwegel, Annerieke
European Journal of Psychology of Education, v14 n1 p129-39 Mar 1999
Examines the effects of differential contextualization on girls' and boys' performance on a computer-based perceptual-motor skills task involving tracking a moving line. Reveals that generally the boys' performance is little affected by the context of the task, while the girls' performance was affected by the context. (CMK)
Descriptors: Children, Computer Software, Context Effect, Educational Research, Females, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Males, Performance, Psychomotor Skills, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: United Kingdom