Spatial-mechanical reasoning skills versus mathematics self-confidence as mediators of gender differences on mathematics subtests using cross-national gender-based items
Spatial-mechanical reasoning skills versus mathematics self-confidence as mediators of gender differences on mathematics subtests using cross-national gender-based items
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DOI：
10.2307/749620
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发表时间：
2001-01-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Pezaris, E
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作者：
Casey, MB;Nuttall, RL;Pezaris, E
以187名八年级学生为研究对象，比较了空间机械技能和数学自信作为数学性别差异的中介变量。使用项目显示最大的男性和女性的优势，分别对第三次国际数学和科学研究（TIMSS）美国的数据，我们创建了数学男性和女性的子测试从8年级TIMSS的项目。使用路径分析技术，我们分解了一个显着的性别/数学的相关性，有利于男性，在MISS-Male子测试成直接和间接的影响。我们只发现了间接影响。空间-机械复合效应占总间接效应的74%，而数学自信占26%。到了八年级，女孩的空间机械技能相对较差，导致男孩通常擅长的数学类型得分较低。
For 187 Grade 8 students, we compared spatial-mechanical skills with mathematics self-confidence as mediators of gender differences in mathematics. Using items showing the largest male and female advantage, respectively, on the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) U.S. data, we created mathematics Male and Female subtests from items on the 8th-grade TIMSS. Using path-analytic techniques, we decomposed a significant gender/mathematics correlation, favoring males, on the MISS-Male subtest into direct and indirect effects. We found only indirect effects. A spatial-mechanical composite accounted for 74% of the total indirect effects, whereas mathematics self-confidence accounted for 26%. By 8th grade, girls' relatively poorer spatial-mechanical skills contribute to lower scores on types of mathematics at which boys typically excel.