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Two standard measures of spatial aptitude (cube rotation and paper folding) were given to several hundred students majoring in elementary education at a midsize university. The population averaged 21 years of age and contained as many male as female members. The results of the tests were scrutinized by subject-matter concentration and sex, and compared to national averages for the activities. As expected, the men in the study significantly out-performed the women. In addition, the students with science and math specialties did better than students in other concentrations on the spatial tests. However, when the gender-concentration measures were examined together, it was found that the men and women choosing to specialize in science and math scored significantly higher on the tests than their non science-math peers. When the scores of the women in this group were compared to the men, it was found that there was no significant difference between them and their male colleagues. Furthermore, these women scored statistically higher than men in the study not specializing in math or science. |
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