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Table 4 The mean ranks of girls and boys and Mann–Whitney U test results

From: Direct and indirect instruction in educational robotics: a comparative study of task performance per cognitive level and student perception

Cognitive level

Group

N

Mean rank

Sum of ranks

Mann–Whitney U

Std. error

Sig0*

Knowledge

Girl

46

53.93

2481.00

1084.00

124,826

0.206

Boy

54

47.57

2569.00

Understanding

Girl

46

51.80

2383.00

1182.00

114,773

0.601

Boy

54

49.39

2667.00

Application

Girl

46

47.07

2165.00

1084.00

124,826

0.206

Boy

54

53.43

2885.00

Analysis

Girl

46

52.61

2420.00

1145.00

122,159

0.427

Boy

54

48.70

2630.00

Evaluation

Girl

46

54.28

2497.00

1068.00

121,567

0.152

Boy

54

47.28

2553.00

Synthesis-creation

Girl

46

49.02

2255.00

1174.00

118,642

0.567

Boy

54

51.76

2795.00

  1. *Indicates a statistically significant difference