COMPUTERIZED SIMULATORS AND SELF-PERCEIVED CONDUCT OF MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS OFPSYCHOLOGY
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undergraduate teaching, informatization of education, sex rolesAbstract
This study tested the effects of introducing lab activities with a computerized simulator on undergraduate Psychology students' School Attendance and self-perceived lnterest, Comprehension ot curriculum materiais, and Peer Cooperation. Sex effects were also examined in the 18 temale and 5 male students that participated. As predicted, ali variables presented a mean increase as a tunction ot simulator use. There was also a signiticant interaction between Sex and Simulator on Attendance, suggesting that ma/e students benetited better than their temale counterparts trom the new pedagogical tool. The temale students, on the other hand, showed higher índices of Attendance and Cooperation than the mate students, regardless of curriculum materiais. These results are discussed in terms of undergraduate teachingllearning and sex-role stereotypes.
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