Title :
The survey measuring the informatics skills by genders of Hungarian grammar school students
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mechatron. & Cartechnics Eng., Obuda Univ., Budapest, Hungary
Abstract :
An analysis of informatics skills by gender in secondary grammar schools was made with the help of a web based Informatics Test. In accordance with widespread opinions the hypothesis was that boys would better than girls. After the evaluation of the test results the correctness of this presumption has emerged. First the Kolmogorov-Smirnov-test was used to see if the groups showed standard normal distribution in answering the questions. The means of the correct answers by gender were examined using a Z-test with two parameters and the deviation quotient was to calculated revealing how much gender influences the difference of means. Significance level was 5% through the analysis. Significant divergence by gender was found regarding theoretical knowledge and programming showing the hypothesis correct in this two area.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; computer science education; educational institutions; gender issues; normal distribution; Hungarian grammar school student; Kolmogorov-Smirnov test; Web based informatics test; computer science knowledge; deviation quotient; gender issue; informatics skills; normal distribution; secondary grammar school; Databases; Educational institutions; Grammar; Informatics; Programming; Text processing; Computer Science knowledge; Hungary; by gender; grammar school; informatics skills; measuring; students; survey;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics (SACI), 2011 6th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Timisoara
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9108-7
DOI :
10.1109/SACI.2011.5873030