scholarly journals Sex differences in visual-spatial ability: The role of performance factors

1990 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 546-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Goldstein ◽  
Diane Haldane ◽  
Carolyn Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Spatial Ability ◽  
Performance Factors ◽  
Visual Spatial

Sex differences in visual spatial ability in 9-year-old children

Intelligence ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lillian Vederhus ◽  
Sturla Krekling
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Spatial Ability ◽  
Visual Spatial

scholarly journals Sex differences in dynamic spatial ability: The unsolved question of performance factors

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
María José Contreras ◽  
Víctor J. Rubio ◽  
Daniel Peña ◽  
Roberto Colom ◽  
José Santacreu
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Spatial Ability ◽  
Performance Factors

Aptitude and Experience Influences on Proportional Reasoning during Adolescence: Focus on Male-Female Differences

1983 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-46
Author(s):  
Marcia C. Linn ◽  
Steven Pulos
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Spatial Ability ◽  
Field Dependence ◽  
Proportional Reasoning ◽  
Formal Reasoning ◽  
Course Experience ◽  
Mathematics And Science

This study investigated the role of aptitudes and experience in sex-related differences in proportional reasoning. Subjects were 778 7th, 9th, and 11th graders. Fewer than half the subjects consistently displayed proportional reasoning, with females slightly less successful than males. Sex-related differences in proportional reasoning were not accounted for by various measures of spatial ability, field dependence-independence, or Piagetian formal reasoning. Course experience in mathematics and science did not explain the differences. A single-aptitude explanation for the observed sex differences in proportional reasoning seems unlikely, and many additional influences of experience remain to be investigated.

Working Memory and Number Sense as Predictors of Mathematical (Dis-)Ability

2015 ◽  
Vol 223 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelyn H. Kroesbergen ◽  
Marloes van Dijk
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Spatial Working Memory ◽  
Number Sense ◽  
Mathematical Learning ◽  
Visual Spatial ◽  
Mathematical Learning Disabilities ◽  
Visual Spatial Working Memory ◽  
And Mathematics

Recent research has pointed to two possible causes of mathematical (dis-)ability: working memory and number sense, although only few studies have compared the relations between working memory and mathematics and between number sense and mathematics. In this study, both constructs were studied in relation to mathematics in general, and to mathematical learning disabilities (MLD) in particular. The sample consisted of 154 children aged between 6 and 10 years, including 26 children with MLD. Children performing low on either number sense or visual-spatial working memory scored lower on math tests than children without such a weakness. Children with a double weakness scored the lowest. These results confirm the important role of both visual-spatial working memory and number sense in mathematical development.

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