Digital Native Students: Gender Differences in Mathematics and Gaming

Q3 Social Sciences

International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments Pub Date : 2017-07-01 DOI:10.4018/IJVPLE.2017070102

S. Yong

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore gender differences among digital native students in mathematicslearningandgaming.Aquantitativedominantmixedmethodsapproachwasemployed inwhichquantitativesurveys[174students]andqualitativeinterviews[eightstudents,eightparents and six teachers] were administered concurrently. Data collected has revealed that students are characterizedasdigitalnativesanddonotportrayasignificantgendergap in technologyusage. Nevertheless,malesandfemalestendtodemonstratetheirdigitalnativecharacteristicsdifferently. Males are more likely to play computer games and acknowledge the many benefits of gaming. Moreover,boyshavebetterspatialskillsandtheyaremoreconfidentinmathematics.Whilefemales still lag behind males in spatial abilities and mathematics confidence in the past, digital native femalesarenothelpingtoclosethegendergap.Essentially,girlscouldplaymorecomputergames tostrengthentheirspatialabilities. KEywoRDS Computer Games, Digital Native, Gaming, Gender, Mathematics, Multitasking, Spatial

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数字原生学生:数学和游戏中的性别差异

这项研究的目的是在mathematicslearningandgaming中探索数字原生学生之间的性别差异。Aquantitativedominantmixedmethodsapproachwasemployed inwhichquantitativesurveys[174students]andqualitativeinterviews[eightstudents，eightparents]和六位教师同时被管理。收集的数据显示，学生们都在technologyusage。尽管如此，malesandfemalestendtodemonstratetheirdigitalnativecharacteristicsdifferently。男性更有可能玩电脑游戏，也更能意识到游戏的诸多好处。此外，boyshavebetterspatialskillsandtheyaremoreconfidentinmathematics。Whilefemales在空间能力和数学信心方面仍然落后于男性，数字原生femalesarenothelpingtoclosethegendergap。Essentially，girlscouldplaymorecomputergames tostrengthentheirspatialabilities。关键词电脑游戏，数字原生代，游戏，性别，数学，多任务，空间

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International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments Social Sciences-Education

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