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Direct and Indirect Effects of Mother's Spatial Ability on Child's Spatial Ability: What Role Does the Home Environment Play?
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Nelcida L. Garcia-Sanchez; Anthony Steven Dick; Timothy Hayes; Shannon M. Pruden – Developmental Science, 2024
Individual differences in spatial thinking are predictive of children's math and science achievement and later entry into Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Little is known about whether parent characteristics predict individual differences in children's spatial thinking. This study aims to understand whether,…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Mothers, Ability, Parent Influence
Gender Differences in Mothers' Spatial Language Use and Children's Mental Rotation Abilities in Preschool and Kindergarten
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Ralph, Yvonne K.; Berinhout, Kate; Maguire, Mandy J. – Developmental Science, 2021
Mental rotation has emerged as an important predictor of success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). By the age of 4.5 years, boys outperform girls in these abilities. Because parents use less spatial language with girls at this age (Pruden and Levine, 2017), the amount of spatial language that children are exposed to at home is…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Gender Differences, Mothers, Language Usage
First Demonstration of Effective Spatial Training for Near Transfer to Spatial Performance and Far Transfer to a Range of Mathematics Skills at 8 Years
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Gilligan, Katie A.; Thomas, Michael S. C.; Farran, Emily K. – Developmental Science, 2020
There is evidence that spatial thinking is malleable, and that spatial and mathematical skills are associated (Mix et al. [2016] "Journal of Experimental Psychology: General," 145, 1206; Mix et al. [2017] "Journal of Cognition and Development," 18, 465; Uttal et al. [2013] "Psychological Bulletin," 139, 352). However,…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Mathematics Skills, Children, Transfer of Training
Early Contributions to Infants' Mental Rotation Abilities
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Constantinescu, Mihaela; Moore, David S.; Johnson, Scott P.; Hines, Melissa – Developmental Science, 2018
Some cognitive abilities exhibit reliable gender differences, with females outperforming males in specific aspects of verbal ability, and males showing an advantage on certain spatial tasks. Among these cognitive gender differences, differences in mental rotation are the most robust, and appear to be present even in infants. A large body of animal…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Infants, Gender Differences, Spatial Ability