The Gender Gap in Math. Evidences of a Study in the Primary School in the Swiss Canton of Ticino

Zanolla, Giovanna

doi:10.20472/te.2018.6.1.007

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“…Also, the original study found CRT is gender sensitive, the number of male participants with CRT high scores was significant higher comparing to the number of female participants. These results are consistent with those of Zanolla (2018), who concluded that males are more likely than females to achieve a high mark at math tests and they are perceived as more active and participative, while females are seen as more conform to school rules, but less involved and more insecured. 3…”

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Correlation Investigation: The Cognitive Reflection Test and the Math National Evaluation Scores

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2019

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The aim of the paper is to assess the relationship between the Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT) scores and the Math National Evaluation scores. The CRT measures the general tendency of most students to choose the easy, but wrong answer instead thinking in order to discover the correct answer. To the author's knowledge, this is the first analysis of the relationship between CRT scores and Math scores at secondary school level. Quantitative methods were used: statistical analyze and econometric methods, using SPSS, the Pearson correlation. A critical assessment of the literature review was made too. Two versions of CRT were used: the original CRT and the long CRT (LCRT), including 10 items from other CRT alternatives. It was proved that there is a significant, strong and positive correlation between the Math National Evaluation scores and the Cognitive Reflection Test scores, in both versions, the original CRT and the 10 items Long Cognitive Reflection Test. More, it was proved that both CRT and LCRT are predictors not only for students' performance on national evaluation, but on another types of external evaluation, like simulation, as well as on internal evaluations too, like semestrial evaluation. Also, the results proved that the students who previously made this type of problems obtained better results than the ones who were never exposed to these tests. As a recommendation, optional courses focused on logical reasoning could have a positive impact on Math National Evaluation scores. The main limitation of the paper is that the participants were only from the Eastern part of Romania.

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Correlation Investigation: The Cognitive Reflection Test and the Math National Evaluation Scores

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2019

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“…For University, the results are in line with the previous studies, the short CRT score is 0.63 and compared to the lowest University score in the original study, the percents for the extremes are better and the intermediate ones are worse. The boys outperformed the girls, 0.8 compared to 0.58, sustaining the previous studies (Zanolla, 2018). 8 But for secondary school and for high school, the results are different, in both cases the girls significantly outperformed the boys and this result stands included for all girls and all boys.…”

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Cognitive Reflection Test - Next Generation

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2020

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Purpose-The aim of this paper is to investigate the correlation between the short Cognitive Reflection Test and the long Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT), the gender effect and the educational level effect on short CRT and long CRT, as well as the Granger causality between the two ones. Design / Methodology / Approach-A statistical analyze was provided and econometric measures and tests were used, in EViews and SPSS, like the Pearson Correlation Coefficient and the Granger Causality. A critical assessment of literature review was made. For collecting the data, quantitative methods were used (questionnaires). Findings-There is a significant, strong and positive correlation between the short Cognitive Reflection Test version (short CRT) and the long version (long CRT), long CRT Granger causes short CRT, girls outperformed boys on each educational level. Practical implications-Long CRT could be an alternative for short CRT, which is now overexposed and widely known. Originality / Value-Once thinking system 2 is trigged by completing another questionnaire, the results on CRT in either version increased, even if the nature of the other questionnaire is completely different. Limitations-The other questionnaire was administrated only for high school students. Future research should be conducted in order to trig the thinking system 2 before administrating the test for secondary school and university students too.

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The Gender Gap in Math. Evidences of a Study in the Primary School in the Swiss Canton of Ticino

Cited by 2 publications

References 29 publications

Correlation Investigation: The Cognitive Reflection Test and the Math National Evaluation Scores

Correlation Investigation: The Cognitive Reflection Test and the Math National Evaluation Scores

Cognitive Reflection Test - Next Generation

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