An IERI – International Educational Research Institute Journal
From: Young videogamers and their approach to science inquiry
Variables | Number of observations | Mean | Standard Deviation | Mean among non-daily gamers | Mean among daily gamers | Mean difference (daily gamers vs. non-daily gamers) | |||||
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Behaviour and success in simulation-based science items | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Sample item |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
  Number of simulation trials | 43154 | 3.3 | -0.02 | 3.2 | -0.03 | 3.2 | -0.02 | 3.5 | -0.03 | 0.4 | -0.04 |
  Time to first action (sec) | 42814 | 21.4 | -0.1 | 17.9 | -0.15 | 22.4 | -0.13 | 19.3 | -0.16 | -3 | -0.21 |
  Percent correct (%) | 42675 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 All Target items |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
  Information harvesting (percentile) | 96410 | 51.8 | -0.08 | 20.5 | -0.05 | 51.3 | -0.1 | 52.7 | -0.13 | 1.4 | -0.16 |
  Time to first action (percentile) | 96410 | 50.7 | -0.08 | 19.8 | -0.05 | 51.8 | -0.1 | 48.6 | -0.13 | -3.2 | -0.16 |
  Percent correct (%) | 96410 | 44.5 | -0.13 | 30.8 | -0.07 | 44.3 | -0.15 | 45 | -0.2 | 0.7 | -0.24 |
Sample characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Boy (%) | 96410 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 |
  Index of economic, social and cultural status (ESCS) | 96410 | -0.2 | 0 | 0.9 | 0 | -0.2 | -0.01 | -0.2 | -0.01 | 0 | -0.01 |
  Years since first use of computers | 96410 | 7.3 | -0.01 | 3 | -0.01 | 7.1 | -0.01 | 7.8 | -0.02 | 0.7 | -0.02 |
  Percent correct on science content-knowledge items (%) | 96410 | 40.8 | -0.1 | 26.1 | -0.05 | 40.6 | -0.12 | 41.2 | -0.17 | 0.6 | -0.21 |
  Reading score | 96410 | 472.2 | -0.47 | 94.6 | -0.29 | 476.3 | -0.56 | 464.1 | -0.68 | -12.2 | -0.81 |
  Reading fluency score (percentile) | 96410 | 52.7 | -0.12 | 28.5 | -0.05 | 52.6 | -0.14 | 52.8 | -0.19 | 0.2 | -0.23 |
  Total time spent on interactive tasks (percentile) | 96410 | 51.4 | -0.08 | 19.1 | -0.05 | 51.9 | -0.1 | 50.6 | -0.13 | -1.3 | -0.16 |