Abstract
Studies about gender difference in mental rotation ability are well documented in the context of developed countries; though not in developing or low-income ones. This paper examined students’ mental rotation ability as a function of gender in a disadvantaged community in Indonesia. The Spatial Reasoning Instrument (SRI) was used to test 334 students aged 13-14 years old in an untimed test. The characteristics of the SRI items were analysed in relation to the gender difference. The results showed a significant difference in favour of males on both 2D and 3D mental rotation tasks. The effect of the task direction was mediated by gender; the girls performed significantly lower than boys for the task with an implicit direction.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Mathematics Education Research: Impacting Practice |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia |
Editors | Gregory Hine, Susan Blackley, Audrey Cooke |
Place of Publication | Adelaide, Australia |
Publisher | Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia |
Pages | 771-778 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Event | 42nd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia 2019 : Mathematics Education Research: Impacting Practice - Curtin University, Perth, Australia Duration: 30 Jun 2019 → 4 Jul 2019 http://www.promaco.com.au/events/MERGA/ |
Conference
Conference | 42nd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia 2019 |
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Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Perth |
Period | 30/06/19 → 4/07/19 |
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