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ERIC Number: EJ222357
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Mar
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Gender-Related Differences of Adolescents in Spatial Representational Thought.
Treagust, David F.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v17 n2 p91-97 Mar 1980
Explored was the relationship between performance and gender for junior- and senior-high students (N=108) on six Piagetian-type tasks developed to measure infralogical spatial groupings. Results indicated a significant relationship between performance and gender on four tasks, in which males outscored females. Implications for science teaching are discussed. (CS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Tasks, Educational Research, Junior High Schools, Logical Thinking, Process Education, Science Education, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Piaget (Jean)