Table 1.

Testing the effect of gender, previous coding experience and previous attendance on children’s science capital and self-efficacy

Dependent
variable
Independent variableMean (SD)F
Science capitalGenderFemalesMales 
 −0.009 (0.56)0.22 (0.64)2.23
Previous Coding ExperienceLowHigh 
 −0.26 (0.52)0.38 (0.51)22.85****
Previous AttendanceNo attendanceAttendance 
 0.55 (0.60)0.19 (0.62)0.67
Self-efficacyGenderFemalesMales 
 4.30 (1.45)5.02 (1.38)3.63
Previous Coding ExperienceLowHigh 
 3.92 (1.39)5.12 (1.31)13.69***
Previous AttendanceNo attendanceAttendance 
 4.52 (1.51)4.89 (1.36)0.78

Notes:

****p < 0.001;

***p < 0.005;

**p < 0.01;

*p < 0.05

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