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Document Description
Title
A
study
of
sex-related
differences
in
spatial
visualization
and
mathematics
achievement
of
grade
9
students
Author
Hipditch
,
Robert
Paul
Description
Thesis
(M.Ed.)
--
Memorial
University
of
Newfoundland
,
1987.
Education
Date
1987
Pagination
ix, 111 leaves
Subject
Mathematical
ability--Testing;
Space
perception;
Sex
differences
(Psychology);
Degree
M.Ed.
Degree Grantor
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Faculty of Education
Discipline
Education
Language
Eng
Notes
Bibliography:
leaves
79-85.
Abstract
The
purpose
of this
study
was to
examine
the
relationship
between
sex
,
student
achievement
, and
performance
in
both
spatial
visualization
and
mathematics.
--
A
sample
of
16
schools
was
randomly
selected
from the
population
of
all
schools
offering
the
grade
9
mathematics
program
on the
Avalon
Peninsula
in the
province
of
Newfoundland
for the
school
year
1986-1987.
In
schools
with
more
than
one
grade
9
class
a
single
class
was
randomly
selected
for
testing
purposes.
This
resulted
in a
sample
of
401
students
,
consisting
of
211
males
and
190
females.
Each
student
was
administered
a
teacher
constructed
mathematics
achievement
test
and a
standardized
test
of
spatial
ability.
--
The
initial
analysis
of the
data
showed
no
significant
differences
related
to
sex.
However
,
when
age
was
utilized
as a
covariate
, an
analysis
of
data
showed
significant
differences
in
spatial
visualization
and
mathematics
achievement
in
favor
of
males.
Sex
differences
in
spatial
visualization
and
mathematics
achievement
had been
masked
by
differences
in
age.
--
Significant
differences
in
achievement
in
favor
of
males
were
found
on
transformational
geometry
,
geometry
in
general
, and
overall
mathematics.
However
,
using
spatial
visualization
as a
covariate
, there
differences
became
nonsignificant.
Therefore
,
it
was
concluded
that
spatial
visualization
was a
major
contributing
factor
to
sex-related
differences
in these
areas
of
mathematics.
Type
Text
Resource Type
Electronic
thesis
or
dissertation
Format
Image/jpeg;
Application/pdf
Source
Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier
75412000
Rights
The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection
Electronic
Theses
and
Dissertations
Scanning Status
Completed
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(15.75
MB)
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