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Peer reviewedTracy, Dyanne M. – Sex Roles, 1987
Toy playing habits, spatial abilities, and science and mathematics achievement of children aged 3 through 13 appear to be sex typed. Males play with a wider variety of toys, exhibit superior spatial skills, and maintain greater science and mathematics achievement scores than females. (PS)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Children, Cognitive Ability, Mathematics Achievement
Peer reviewedHyde, Janet Shibley – American Psychologist, 1981
This study applied meta-analysis techniques to the gender studies cited by Maccoby and Jacklin and assessed the magnitude of cognitive gender differences. Results indicated that gender differences in verbal, quantitative, and visual-spatial ability were very small. (Author/APM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Analysis of Variance, Children
