Absence of a Sex Difference in Algorithms for Spatial Problem Solving.

Kail, Robert; And Others

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Publication Date: 1984

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Absence of a Sex Difference in Algorithms for Spatial Problem Solving.

Kail, Robert; And Others

Intelligence, v8 n1 p37-46 Jan-Mar 1984

Sex differences in speed of solving mental rotation problems were replicated but college men and women were alike in frequency of use of algorithms to solve problems. The most frequent algorithm involved encoding stimuli in working memory, mental rotation of one to orientation of the other, comparison, and response. (Author/RD)

Descriptors: Algorithms, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Mathematical Models, Problem Solving, Sex Differences, Spatial Ability, Visual Measures, Visualization

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