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Peer reviewedMullen, Mary K. – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1990
Twenty-two second grade students in Cambridge (Massachusetts) were asked to rate pictures of nature items and artifacts on a seven-point scale ranging from "maleness" to "femaleness." Responses overall showed a female-nature and male-artifact association. Discusses the role of such associations in the development of gender…
Descriptors: Association Measures, Classification, Concept Formation, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedCann, Arnie; Newbern, Sara R. – Child Development, 1984
Reports an experiment in which 80 male and female six and eight year olds were presented with pictures consistent or inconsistent with sex stereotypes and pictures of neutral activities. Later, subjects performed a picture-recognition task. Among the variables investigated were subjects' labeling of pictures and sex-stereotype consistency. (CB)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Labeling (of Persons), Pictorial Stimuli, Recognition (Psychology)
Download full textHilton, Thomas L. – 1985
In both 1960 and 1980, the same test of spatial-visual ability was given to national probability samples of high school seniors in the United States. The students in 1960 were participants in Project TALENT and in 1980 were participants in "High School and Beyond." In addition, a reading comprehension test was given to the 1960 students…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Grade 12, High School Seniors, High Schools
Hart, Russ A. – 1986
This exploratory study was conducted to investigate the potential interaction between the media attribute, horizontal screen placement, and a learner's cognitive aptitudes, fluid ability, and visualization. The primary hypothesis tested was that low-ability learners who are without well-developed assembly and control operations should perform…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation, Field Dependence Independence
Lynch, Beth Eloise – 1986
This study was conducted to determine whether the filmic coding elements of split screen, slow motion, generated line cues, the zoom of a camera, and rotation could aid in the development of the Euclidean space concepts of horizontality and verticality, and to explore presence and development of spatial skills involving these two concepts in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Hypothesis Testing
Zimowski, Michele F.; Wothke, Werner – 1987
Tests of spatial ability were analyzed for their analog (visuospatial) and nonanalog (verbal reasoning) components, using factor analyses of items and test scores. The self-selected sample consisted of over 2000 clients (average age about 26 or 27) employing the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation's aptitude evaluation services in 12 metropolitan…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Content Validity, Factor Analysis
