Spatial Visualization and Gender Differences in High School Geometry

1990 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael T. Battista
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Spatial Visualization ◽  
Geometric Problem ◽  
High School Geometry ◽  
Visual Spatial ◽  
School Geometry ◽  
Mental Abilities ◽  
And Gender

The balance between visual-spatial and verbal-logical thought may determine “mathematical casts of mind” that influence how an individual processes mathematical information. Thus, to investigate the role that spatial thinking plays in learning, problem solving, and gender differences in high school geometry, spatial thought was examined along with its counterpart verbal-logical thought. The results suggest that whereas males and females differed in spatial visualization and in their performance in high school geometry, they did not differ in logical reasoning ability or in their use of geometric problem-solving strategies. There was evidence of gender differences in profiles of those mental abilities that are important for geometry performance and of a teacher-by-gender interaction on geometry achievement.

A New Angle For Constructing Pentagons

1982 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 288-290
Author(s):  
John Benson ◽  
Debra Borkovitz
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
High School Geometry ◽  
School Geometry ◽  
Traditional High School ◽  
Geometry Class

The traditional high school geometry class can be enhanced by the addition of appropriate problem-solving activities. One such problem, the construction of a pentagon, can be divided into three worth-while tasks.

Games, Geometry, and Teaching

1988 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 250-259
Author(s):  
George W. Bright ◽  
John G. Haruey
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
High School Geometry ◽  
School Geometry ◽  
Wide Range

We believe that games can be used effectively in high school geometry both to teach content and to structure practice of problem-solving skills. In part, our belief stems from our research on the use of games in a wide range of situations (Bright, Harvey, and Wheeler 1985). Also, we recognize that games can help teach problem solving (NCTM 1980). By the time you finish reading this article, we hope we will have convinced you to share our belief and to try out our games.

Pixy Stix Segments and the Midpoint Connection

1993 ◽  
Vol 86 (8) ◽  
pp. 668-675
Author(s):  
Ruth McClintock
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Peter Pan ◽  
Evaluation Standards ◽  
High School Geometry ◽  
Mathematical Connections ◽  
School Geometry

The NCTM's Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (1989) offers a vision of mathematically empowered students embarking on exciting flights of discovery. This vision challenges teachers to look for ways to incorporate problem solving, cooperative learning, mathematical connections, reasoning, communication skills, and proofs into lesson plans. The Pixy Stix activities described in this article are not quite as magical as Peter Pan and Tinkerbell's prescription of sprinkling pixie dust over children who want to fly, but they do embody all the attributes mentioned above and may enable your high school geometry students to take off in some surprising directions.

Creative Teaching Will Produce Creative Students

1994 ◽  
Vol 87 (6) ◽  
pp. 415-418
Author(s):  
Stephen Krulik ◽  
Jesse A. Rudnick
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Methods Course ◽  
Creative Teaching ◽  
Creative Reasoning ◽  
High School Geometry ◽  
School Geometry ◽  
Practice Teaching ◽  
Geometry Class ◽  
Practice Teacher

Almost every day in every classroom, an opportunity arises for discussing a problem, solving it, and extending it to help students engage in creative reasoning. This point is constantly emphasized in the preservice methods course that our undergraduate seniors take to coincide with their practice teaching. This article recounts a sequence of activities that occurred in a senior high school geometry class that was conducted by a practice teacher.

Personal Problem Solving of Partners in Divorce Proceedings

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tereza Soukupova ◽  
Petr Goldmann
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
Scoring Systems ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Personal Problem ◽  
Thematic Apperception ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Given

Abstract. The Thematic Apperception Test is one of the most frequently administered apperceptive techniques. Formal scoring systems are helpful in evaluating story responses. TAT stories, made by 20 males and 20 females in the situation of legal divorce proceedings, were coded for detection and comparison of their personal problem solving ability. The evaluating instrument utilized was the Personal Problem Solving System-Revised (PPSS-R) as developed by G. F. Ronan. The results indicate that in relation to card 1, men more often than women saw the cause of the problem as removable. With card 6GF, women were more motivated to resolve the given problem than were men, women had a higher personal control and their stories contained more optimism compared to men’s stories. In relation to card 6BM women, more often than men, used emotions generated from the problem to orient themselves within the problem. With card 13MF, the men’s level of stress was less compared to that of the women, and men were more able to plan within the context of problem-solving. Significant differences in the examined groups were found in those cards which depicted significant gender and parental potentials. The TAT can be used to help identify personality characteristics and gender differences.

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