TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender perspectives on spatial tasks in a national assessment
T2 - A secondary data analysis
AU - Logan, Tracy
AU - Lowrie, Tom
PY - 2017/8/1
Y1 - 2017/8/1
N2 - Most large-scale summative assessments present results in terms of cumulative scores. Although such descriptions can provide insights into general trends over time, they do not provide detail of how students solved the tasks. Less restrictive access to raw data from these summative assessments has occurred in recent years, resulting in opportunities for data to be analysed at a deeper level. This article examines longitudinal data on students’ performance on spatial numeracy tasks, with a specific focus on gender differences. Using an adapted Knowledge Discovery in Data (KDD) research design, data from a nationally-representative cohort were analysed over a five-year period. Results highlighted distinct differences in how males and females processed many of the spatial tasks. The opportunity to analyse summative assessment instruments at a deeper level offers more scope for worthwhile curriculum and classroom implications.
AB - Most large-scale summative assessments present results in terms of cumulative scores. Although such descriptions can provide insights into general trends over time, they do not provide detail of how students solved the tasks. Less restrictive access to raw data from these summative assessments has occurred in recent years, resulting in opportunities for data to be analysed at a deeper level. This article examines longitudinal data on students’ performance on spatial numeracy tasks, with a specific focus on gender differences. Using an adapted Knowledge Discovery in Data (KDD) research design, data from a nationally-representative cohort were analysed over a five-year period. Results highlighted distinct differences in how males and females processed many of the spatial tasks. The opportunity to analyse summative assessment instruments at a deeper level offers more scope for worthwhile curriculum and classroom implications.
KW - secondary data analysis
KW - gender
KW - spatial tasks
KW - large-scale summative assessment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85027010222&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14794802.2017.1334577
DO - 10.1080/14794802.2017.1334577
M3 - Article
SN - 1754-0178
VL - 19
SP - 199
EP - 216
JO - Research in Mathematics Education
JF - Research in Mathematics Education
IS - 2
ER -