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Download full textFriedman, Lynn – 1992
The meta analysis reported in this paper considers the implications of combined correlational evidence for the nature of the relationships of mathematical and spatial skills, and for the possibility that spatial skill underlies gender differences in favor of males on mathematical tasks. In all, 136 studies reported in 116 articles and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometry, Mathematics Achievement
Peer reviewedMcGee, Mark G. – Psychological Bulletin, 1979
Reviews psychometic studies of human spatial ability and studies of environmental, genetic, hormonal, and neurological influences that interact in producing individual variation in spatial test scores. (MP)
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Environmental Influences
Peer reviewedRudisill, E. Murray, Jr.; Morrison, Linda J. – School Science and Mathematics, 1989
Reviews literature related to physiological differences between boys and girls and the relationship to mathematical achievement. The areas of intelligence, spatial visualization, and brain laterality are examined. Suggests further questions for research. Lists 30 references. (YP)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence, Lateral Dominance
