Poster #69 - Spatial Visualization of Undergraduate Students: The Gap Between Men and Women

• In Event: 77.059 - MTCC Tuesday Poster Session 18
  In Poster Session: 77.059-10 - Mathematics Education Research Poster Session

Abstract

In the present study, researchers examined the gender difference on spatial visualization between STEM and non-STEM undergraduate majors. Twenty effect sizes representing STEM majors’ spatial ability and 14 effect sizes representing non-STEM majors’ spatial ability were included in the present meta-analysis. Results indicated that the overall effect size equaled 0.613 (95% CI = [0.444, 0.782]) in STEM and 0.481 (95% CI = [0.359, 0.604]) in non-STEM. Furthermore, gender differences on spatial visualization were statistically significant in both STEM and non-STEM majors. The gender difference on spatial visualization in STEM was larger than the gender difference on spatial visualization in non-STEM. In addition, male students’ spatial visualization ability was higher than female students’ spatial visualization in both STEM and non-STEM majors.

Authors

• Yujin Lee, Texas A&M University - College Station

• Robert M. Capraro, Texas A&M University - College Station

• Ali BICER, University of Wyoming

• Mary Margaret Capraro, Texas A&M University - College Station