Gender Differences in Spatial Ability: Relationship to Spatiai Experience Among Chinese Gifted Students in Hong Kong

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作者
Chan, David [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Educ Psychol, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
来源
ROEPER REVIEW-A JOURNAL ON GIFTED EDUCATION | 2007年 / 29卷 / 04期
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10.1080/02783190709554423
中图分类号
G76 [特殊教育];
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040109 ;
摘要
Spatial ability based on measures of mental rotation, and spatial experience based on self-reported participation in visual-arts as well as spatial-orientation activities were assessed in a sample of 337 Chinese, gifted students. Consistent with past findings for the general population, there were gender differences in spatial ability favoring boys. However, other results provided little support for the idea that gender differences in spatial experience might foster gender differences in spatial ability; specifically, results showed modest gender differences in visual-arts experience favoring girls, and variation in visual orientation experience favoring secondary-school boys. Nonetheless, the role of spatial experience had a more marked effect on girls, suggesting that encouraging female students to gain spatial experience might help bridge the gap in spatial ability between the genders.
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