In programming activities, all-male pairs displayed greater interaction with the SCRATCH interface compared to all-female pairs. Specifically, they moved code blocks around, changed parameters, and executed scripts more frequently. While both same-sex pairs added new costumes similarly, it was observed that all-male pairs deleted blocks more often. These differences suggest a higher inclination for modification and experimentation among male pairs during coding tasks, particularly in dynamic interactions with the programming environment.
Interaction and Events: While creating code, the all-male pairs interacted more with the SCRATCH interface than the all-female pairs. The all-male pairs moved blocks around significantly more often than all-female pairs (p = 0.041). Similarly, boys changed the parameters of an existing block more than the girls (p = 0.060). Dragging a new block out of the toolbox is also done more often by the all-male pairs, but not with such a distinct difference (p = 0.093).
Comparatively few blocks were deleted or pulled out of range, yet, the boys removed blocks significantly more frequently (p = 0.019, p = 0.015). Overall, boys seem to like to modify their programs. However, this difference is only noticeable for code; both same-sex pairs similarly added new costumes to their sprites (p = 0.309).
All-male pairs execute stack clicks (double-clicking blocks or scripts leading to their execution) significantly more often than the all-female pairs (p = 0.008). Clicking the green flag to start the entire program (p = 0.092) is also more often done by the all-male pairs, suggesting that they run their programs more frequently.
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