Learning-style characteristics of digital learning materials and the effect on learning of boys and girls.

Autor/in	Wilkens, Hendrianne
Titel	Learning-style characteristics of digital learning materials and the effect on learning of boys and girls.
Quelle	Aus: Sikorova, Zuzana (Hrsg.); Horsley, Mike (Hrsg.); Braga Garcia, Tania (Hrsg.); Rodríguez Rodríguez, Jesús (Hrsg.): Textbooks and educational media in a digital age. The thirteenth International Conference on Research on Textbooks and Educational Media, 18 - 20 September 2013, Ostrava - Czech Republic. Ostrava: IARTEM (2015) S. 148-162Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen; Diagramm 1; Literaturangaben S. 162
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISBN	978-0-9943254-0-2
Schlagwörter	Junge; Lernen; Lernstil; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Elektronisches Buch; Lehrmittel; Schulbuch; Schulbuchforschung; Digitalisierung; Mädchen
Abstract	This paper examines the effect of learning-style characteristics of digital learning materials on the learning of boys and girls. In the Netherlands, and in other countries as well, we see that girls outperform boys. How could this happen and what is the role of learning materials in this respect? Is it plausible that learning styles in relation to learning materials are responsible for the lower performance of boys? Literature denotes the existence of different learning styles for boys and girls. We found that it is difficult to examine if boys perform better on so-called 'boyish assignments' because there was an insufficient number of typical boyish assignments. Although the results between boys and girls are different in the way that was expected, the differences are not significant. An important conclusion was that there were less boyish assignments in the digital material we examined and, in the cases where boyish assignments are present, they will be made more girlish by the teacher. Future research should take these critical notes into account and proceed in investigating learning-style characteristics in digital learning materials with respect to differences between boyish and girlish assignments. An important question to answer is if there are variables which are responsible for the lack of significant differences.
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsmedien \| Georg-Eckert-Institut (GEI), Braunschweig
Update	2023/1