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The Space Factor in Mathematics: Gender Differences

University of Minnesota–Twin Cities

The relationship of spatial and mathematical skills has been the subject of both speculation and empirical investigation. A meta-analysis of correlations of spatial and mathematical skills has found that these are not high, and that correlations of verbal and mathematical skills are higher. Many researchers have suggested that the space-math relationship may be gender-specific. The further meta-analytic results reported here show that in selected samples, math-space correlations are higher in females than in males, with the difference becoming more pronounced with greater selectivity. Because these samples are of gifted or college-bound youth, explanations which emphasize career-directed attitudes in the interplay of spatial and mathematical skills are suggested.

Review of Educational Research, Vol. 65, No. 1, 22-50 (1995)
DOI: 10.3102/00346543065001022


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