ERIC Number: EJ1032198
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-1530-5058
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Is the Male Advantage in Mental-Rotation Performance Task Independent? On the Usability of Chronometric Tests and Paper-and-Pencil Tests in Children
Quaiser-Pohl, Claudia; Neuburger, Sarah; Heil, Martin; Jansen, Petra; Schmelter, Andrea
International Journal of Testing, v14 n2 p122-142 2014
This article presents a reanalysis of the data of 862 second and fourth graders collected in two previous studies, focusing on the influence of method (psychometric vs. chronometric) and stimulus type on the gender difference in mental-rotation accuracy. The children had to solve mental-rotation tasks with animal pictures, letters, or cube figures, either in a chronometric condition (computerized) or in a psychometric condition (paper-and-pencil). Results show a slight male advantage in mental-rotation accuracy, which is neither influenced by method nor by stimulus type. However, mental-rotation accuracy differed between the stimulus types, with the highest accuracy in animal pictures and the lowest accuracy in cube figures, and between age groups, with better performance in fourth graders than in second graders in both conditions. Results show that psychometric and chronometric mental-rotation tests with all the stimulus types are more or less similarly usable with children of that age.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Accuracy, Age Differences, Test Format, Elementary School Students, Spatial Ability, Psychometrics, Comparative Analysis, Geometric Concepts, Statistical Analysis, Thinking Skills, Statistical Distributions, Reaction Time, Cognitive Ability, Grade 2, Grade 4
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 2; Grade 4
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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