Student Misconceptions and Errors in Physics and Mathematics by Teresa Neidorf & Alka Arora & Ebru Erberber & Yemurai Tsokodayi & Thanh Mai

Student Misconceptions and Errors in Physics and Mathematics by Teresa Neidorf & Alka Arora & Ebru Erberber & Yemurai Tsokodayi & Thanh Mai

Author:Teresa Neidorf & Alka Arora & Ebru Erberber & Yemurai Tsokodayi & Thanh Mai
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030301880
Publisher: Springer International Publishing


4.2.4 Gender Differences in Misconceptions and Misunderstandings Related to Gravity

On average across the five countries, male students outperformed female students on nearly all of the gravity items at all three grade levels (Table 4.17).17 The only item where there were no significant gender differences in the percentage of students who were correct in any country was grade eight item 12 (“direction gravity makes a ball fall at different places on Earth”). Patterns in performance by gender differed across countries and grades. Gender differences in the percent correct were greatest on the TIMSS Advanced items, with an average male–female difference of at least 10%. In comparison, the average male–female difference in the percent correct ranged from 6 to 12% at grade eight and from 2 to 13% at grade four. In TIMSS Advanced, gender differences were pervasive in Norway, with a significantly higher percentage of males than females responding correctly to all items. In contrast, in Norway, none of the grade eight items, and three of seven items at grade four showed significant gender differences. By comparison, in the United States, there were significant gender differences on all of the grade four items, three of seven items at grade eight, and two of three items in TIMSS Advanced. In Italy, the Russian Federation, and Slovenia, significant gender differences were found for one to three items at each grade level. The specific set of items with significant gender differences varied across countries. None of the items demonstrated significant gender differences in all five countries, but there were two items at each grade level with significant gender differences in three or four countries.Table 4.17Performance of female and male students on TIMSS and TIMSS Advanced physics items, by country and grade level, 1995–2015



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