Factors Influencing the Development of Mental-Rotation Ability the Role of Socio-Cultural Background.
Factors Influencing the Development of Mental-Rotation Ability the Role of Socio-Cultural Background.
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影响心理旋转能力发展的因素社会文化背景的作用。
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2010
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C. Stigler
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E. Sander;C. Quaiser;C. Stigler
本研究假设，男女学生在东德或西德社会化的事实对他们空间能力的发展有不同的影响。在这项研究中，357名学生从西德大学（科布伦茨）和东德大学（马格德堡）的专业，无论是在计算可视化（CV）和非技术领域（NTF）的心理旋转测试（MRT）进行了检查。此外，他们还完成了与空间能力有关的经验和态度的问卷调查。在这两所大学，男生在MRT上的得分高于女生，CV学生高于NTF学生。然而，专业与性别、专业与大学之间存在显著的交互作用。男女生、不同专业的学生和两所大学的学生在能力相关自我概念、相关经验、对数学和物理的态度以及性别角色态度上也存在差异。线性回归分析表明，不同的态度和经验变量预测MRT性能在男性和女性的学生，他们解释的方差是女性高于男性。我们的研究结果支持了空间能力性别差异的“生物-环境-相互作用”方法。
It is hypothesized that the fact whether female and male students were socialized in East or West Germany influences their development of spatial ability differently. In this study 357 students from a West German University (Koblenz) and an East German University (Magdeburg) majoring either in computational visualization (CV) or in non-technical fields (NTF) were examined with the Mental-Rotation Test (MRT). In addition they completed questionnaires on experiences and attitudes related to spatial abilities. At both universities males scored higher on MRT than females and CV students higher than NTF students. However, there were significant interactions between major and gender, and major and university. Males and females, students of different majors and from both universities also differed in their ability-related self-concept, in relevant experiences, in attitudes towards math and physics, and in gender-role attitudes. Linear regression analyses revealed that different attitudinal and experiential variables predict MRT performance in male and female students and that the variance explained by them is higher in females than in males. Our results support the “biological-environmental-interactionist” approach of gender differences in spatial abilities.