Spatial skills show null bivariate correlations with childhood and adolescent spatial activity participation¶
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q2 i0 Bivariate correlations between Paper Folding and activity participation were near zero for both childhood (r = 0.07) and adolescence (r = 0.10). → Emily Grossnickle Peterson 2020
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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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Bivariate correlation analysis (Table 1) among the full sample; spatial skills correlated with habits of mind (r = 0.21) "but not between spatial skills and spatial activity participation during childhood (CAQ: r = 0.07) or adolescence (SAQ: r = 0.10)."
"bivariate correlations identified an association between spatial skills (operationalized with the Paper Folding test) and spatial habits of mind ( r = 0.21, p = 0.003, Bonferonni-corrected) but not between spatial skills and spatial activity participation during childhood (CAQ: r = 0.07) or adolescence (SAQ: r = 0.10)."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Spatial Ability — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Adolescent, but not childhood, spatial activity participation predicts adolescent spatial skills (paper folding) — related
- Childhood, but not adolescent, spatial activity participation predicts adolescents' spatial habits of mind — related
- No cumulative benefit from participating in spatial activities in both childhood and adolescence — related
- Childhood spatial activities are more predictive of spatial habits of mind than of spatial skills — related
- Childhood spatial activity participation predicts adolescent spatial activity participation, and this consistency is stronger for females than males — related
- Gender moderates the relation between childhood spatial activities and spatial habits of mind, which is stronger for males than females — related
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Spatial skills show null bivariate correlations with childhood and adolescent spatial activity participation |
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Spatial skills show null bivariate correlations with childhood and adolescent spatial activity participation |
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