Childhood spatial activity participation predicts adolescent spatial activity participation, and this consistency is stronger for females than males¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2 · i3 large
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i3 Childhood spatial activities predict adolescent spatial activities after controlling for gender, PSAT, race/ethnicity, and maternal education (β = .47). → Emily Grossnickle Peterson 2020 q2 i3 The positive association between childhood and adolescent spatial activities is greater for female participants than for males (interaction β = −.55). → Emily Grossnickle Peterson 2020 (2)

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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Linear regression predicting adolescent spatial activities (SAQ) from childhood activities (CAQ) with covariates in a sample of 346 high school students; the model was significant (F5,302 = 17.06, adjusted R2 = .21) and "childhood spatial activ- ities were predictive of later adolescent activities" with β = .47.

"Results revealed that childhood spatial activ- ities were predictive of later adolescent activities ( b = .60, β = .47, SE = .07, p < .001)."

Emily Grossnickle Peterson 2020 (2)¶

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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A second linear regression added a gender × CAQ interaction to the same model predicting SAQ. The interaction was significant, "indicating that the positive association between childhood and adolescent spatial activities was greater for female participants" (β = −.55, p = .04).

"This yielded a significant interaction term ( b = −.29, β = −.55, SE = .14, p = .04), indicating that the positive association between childhood and adolescent spatial activities was greater for female participants"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Gender — moderator: an instructional effect differs by group

Related Claims¶

• Gender moderates the relation between childhood spatial activities and spatial habits of mind, which is stronger for males than females — related
• Childhood, but not adolescent, spatial activity participation predicts adolescents' spatial habits of mind — related
• Childhood spatial activities are more predictive of spatial habits of mind than of spatial skills — related
• Spatial skills show null bivariate correlations with childhood and adolescent spatial activity participation — related