No cumulative benefit from participating in spatial activities in both childhood and adolescence¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The childhood × adolescent activity interaction was non-significant for both spatial skills and habits of mind, so a multiplicative effect was not supported. → 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

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Multivariate regression Model 2 added a CAQ × SAQ interaction term for both outcomes; the interaction was non-significant for paper folding (p = .31) and habits of mind (p = .13), and the authors state "a multiplicative effect ... was not supported in the current study."

"The possibility that there is a multiplicative effect of participating in spatial activities during both childhood and adolescence was not supported in the current study."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• 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
• Adolescent, but not childhood, spatial activity participation predicts adolescent spatial skills (paper folding) — related