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Direct linkWebb, Rose Mary; Lubinski, David; Benbow, Camilla Persson – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
Students identified by talent search programs were studied to determine whether spatial ability could uncover math-science promise. In Phase 1, interests and values of intellectually talented adolescents (617 boys, 443 girls) were compared with those of top math-science graduate students (368 men, 346 women) as a function of their standing on…
Descriptors: Visualization, Careers, Verbal Ability, Talent
Peer reviewedAnd Others; Burnett, Sarah A. – Intelligence, 1979
Sex differences in spatial visualization ability accounted for sex differences in mathematical ability for a group of college students. With spatial visualization statistically controlled, no significant sex differences in Quantitative Scholastic Aptitude Test scores were found. Males were more predictable than females due to higher spatial…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Ability, College Mathematics, Correlation
PDF pending restorationHeinrich, Vivian; And Others – 1988
The validity of a spatial visualization test for selecting candidate engineering students was assessed. The test was administered to 300 out of the 318 students enrolled during the winter quarter of 1989 in the Engineering Graphics 110 course at a major state university. Developmental steps undertaken to enhance the theoretical basis and validity…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Assisted Testing, Engineering Education
Peer reviewedFeingold, Alan – Review of Educational Research, 1992
Sex differences in variability in the national norms of the Differential Aptitude Tests, Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/Scholastic Aptitude Test, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales, and California Achievement Tests were examined. Compared to females, males were consistently more variable in quantitative reasoning, spatial visualization,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Processes, College Entrance Examinations
