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"Lets do science" is an example of this type of language.
What is action-based language?
The science game involved in the first study.
What is the cup smelling experiment?
Approximate girl/boy ratio across the studies.
What is 50/50?
What the fourth study proved.
What is language impacts certain domains, not all? (such as science, not caregiving)
"We are scientists" is a example of this type of language.
What is identity-based language?
The science game involved in the second study.
What is "will something sink or float"? (on the iPad)
The age range of participants in all 4 studies.
What is 4-6 years old?
In the action-based category of Study 2, the percentage by which girls' tendency to stop playing was reduced.
What is 56%?
The main difference, other than the game itself, between the first and second studies.
What is participants age?
The science game involved in the third study.
What is guessing the animal's preferred food?
What experimenters did to engage children in the study.
What is make each study a type of game?
The effect that identity-based language had on males in Study 1.
What is increased their persistence? (they continued to play more)
The reason for "rigging" the initial 4 trials with 2 easy and 2 hard smells.
What is giving the children the experience of scientific setbacks?
The game involved in the fourth study.
What is the caring game?
The thing being measured throughout all parts of the study.
What is persistence? (how long they continued to play the game)
Overall finding of the study.
What is "girls are more likely to pursue/continue/engage in science when being exposed to action-based language and are discouraged by identity-based language"?