Childhood, but not adolescent, spatial activity participation predicts adolescents' spatial habits of mind¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i2 In multivariate regression without gender interactions, childhood spatial activities significantly predicted SHOMI scores (β = .33) while adolescent activities did not. → Emily Grossnickle Peterson 2020

Evidence¶

Emily Grossnickle Peterson 2020¶

Emily Grossnickle Peterson, Adam B. Weinberger, David H. Uttal, Bob Kolvoord and Adam E. Green. (2020). Spatial activity participation in childhood and adolescence: consistency and relations to spatial thinking in adolescence. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-020-00239-0

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Multivariate regression Model 1 predicting spatial habits of mind (SHOMI) from childhood and adolescent activities with covariates (F6,298 = 11.67, R2 = .19); "spatial ac- tivities in childhood were a significant predictor" (β = .33) while adolescent activities were not (β = .08).

"revealed that spatial ac- tivities in childhood were a significant predictor ( b = .43, β = .33, SE = .08, p < .001), while adolescent spatial activities were not ( b = .08, β = .08, SE = .06, p = .16)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Age and Developmental Stage — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it

Related Claims¶

• Adolescent, but not childhood, spatial activity participation predicts adolescent spatial skills (paper folding) — related
• Childhood spatial activities are more predictive of spatial habits of mind than of spatial skills — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Gender moderates the relation between childhood spatial activities and spatial habits of mind, which is stronger for males than females — related
• Spatial skills show null bivariate correlations with childhood and adolescent spatial activity participation — related
• Childhood spatial activity participation predicts adolescent spatial activity participation, and this consistency is stronger for females than males — related
• No cumulative benefit from participating in spatial activities in both childhood and adolescence — related