Gender difference in spatial ability: is there a difference in children?
File, 2013-064-001-094
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- Algoma University Archives > Algoma University Theses collection > Psychology series > Gender difference in spatial ability: is there a difference in children?
- Creator
- Nancy Robinson
- Date
- 1999
- Physical Description
- 1.47 MB of textual records (PDF)
- General Material Designation
- Electronic record, Textual record
- Language(s)
- English
- Bibliographic Information
- Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.:, OSTMA-PSYC-Robinson-Nancy-19990410
- Descriptive Notes
- Audience: Undergraduate. -- Dissertation: Thesis (B. A.). -- Algoma University, 1999. -- Submitted in partial fulfillment of course requirements for PSYC 4105. -- Contents: Literature review / Thesis.
- Multiple studies have found gender differences in spatial ability with males outperforming females. Most findings have been in the preadolescent to adult range, with few significant findings in children. A recent meta-analysis has suggested that gender differences in spatial ability probably exist in children but haven't been detected, due to children having a less advanced cognitive level than adults. A pencil and paper test of mental rotations was given to 6,8 & 10 year old children to give a cross sectional sample of any developing gender differences in spatial ability. There were no significant gender differences in spatial ability, but there were significant differences between the age groups, demonstrating that spatial ability does increase with age.