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Table 12 Gender differences in Korean data collected in 1998, 2010, and 2014

From: A comparison of science classroom environments between Korea and Thailand with a focus on their cultural features

Scales

Kim et al. (collected in 1998)

Hong et al. (collected in 2010)

This study (collected in 2014)

Boys

Girls

Mean difference

Boys

Girls

Mean difference

Boys

Girls

Mean difference

M

M

M

M

M

M

Cohesiveness

35.44

37.39

−1.95***

3.71

3.94

−0.23***

3.77

3.85

−0.08

Cooperation

31.72

33.55

−1.83**

3.21

3.42

−0.21***

3.51

3.62

−0.11

Equity

32.11

29.34

2.77***

3.15

3.25

−0.1

3.69

3.79

−0.1

Teacher support

26.74

22.30

4.44***

2.53

2.46

0.07

3.15

3.19

−0.04

Involvement

25.21

23.43

1.78**

2.50

2.44

0.06

2.93

2.84

0.09

Investigation

25.08

22.64

2.44***

2.51

2.39

0.12

2.98

2.96

0.02

Task orientation

34.47

33.14

1.33*

3.42

3.42

0

3.67

3.77

−0.1

  1. * p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001