Research Article

Examining the Relationship between Gender, Spatial Ability, Logical Reasoning Ability, and Preferred Mode of Processing

Volume: 7 Number: 1 June 30, 2017
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Examining the Relationship between Gender, Spatial Ability, Logical Reasoning Ability, and Preferred Mode of Processing

Abstract

The present study investigated the relationships between gender, spatial ability, logical reasoning ability, and preferred mode of processing. Data were collected from 107 prospective elementary teachers at a public university in Turkey. The results revealed that gender was unrelated to preference for visual or analytic processing suggesting that gender did not determine prospective teachers’ preferred mode of processing. Moreover, Spatial ability was correlated with preference but the strength of the correlation was weak, indicating that prospective teachers develop a preference, which can be different from their ability, for processing mathematical information. Males outperformed females on the spatial ability test; however, there were no significant differences between the two sexes in preference and logical reasoning ability. We believe that there is a need for research examining why people differ in preference and how this affects their mathematical performance. Longitudinal studies with large sample may shed light on factors underlying differences in prospective teachers’ preference and performance.

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English

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Research Article

Authors

Güney Hacıömeroğlu
ÇANAKKALE ONSEKİZ MART ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye

Erhan Selçuk Hacıömeroğlu
University of Central Florida
United States

Publication Date

June 30, 2017

Submission Date

May 6, 2017

Acceptance Date

June 29, 2016

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 7 Number: 1

APA
Hacıömeroğlu, G., & Hacıömeroğlu, E. S. (2017). Examining the Relationship between Gender, Spatial Ability, Logical Reasoning Ability, and Preferred Mode of Processing. Adıyaman University Journal of Educational Sciences, 7(1), 116-131. https://doi.org/10.17984/adyuebd.310833
AMA
1.Hacıömeroğlu G, Hacıömeroğlu ES. Examining the Relationship between Gender, Spatial Ability, Logical Reasoning Ability, and Preferred Mode of Processing. AUJES. 2017;7(1):116-131. doi:10.17984/adyuebd.310833
Chicago
Hacıömeroğlu, Güney, and Erhan Selçuk Hacıömeroğlu. 2017. “Examining the Relationship Between Gender, Spatial Ability, Logical Reasoning Ability, and Preferred Mode of Processing”. Adıyaman University Journal of Educational Sciences 7 (1): 116-31. https://doi.org/10.17984/adyuebd.310833.
EndNote
Hacıömeroğlu G, Hacıömeroğlu ES (June 1, 2017) Examining the Relationship between Gender, Spatial Ability, Logical Reasoning Ability, and Preferred Mode of Processing. Adıyaman University Journal of Educational Sciences 7 1 116–131.
IEEE
[1]G. Hacıömeroğlu and E. S. Hacıömeroğlu, “Examining the Relationship between Gender, Spatial Ability, Logical Reasoning Ability, and Preferred Mode of Processing”, AUJES, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 116–131, June 2017, doi: 10.17984/adyuebd.310833.
ISNAD
Hacıömeroğlu, Güney - Hacıömeroğlu, Erhan Selçuk. “Examining the Relationship Between Gender, Spatial Ability, Logical Reasoning Ability, and Preferred Mode of Processing”. Adıyaman University Journal of Educational Sciences 7/1 (June 1, 2017): 116-131. https://doi.org/10.17984/adyuebd.310833.
JAMA
1.Hacıömeroğlu G, Hacıömeroğlu ES. Examining the Relationship between Gender, Spatial Ability, Logical Reasoning Ability, and Preferred Mode of Processing. AUJES. 2017;7:116–131.
MLA
Hacıömeroğlu, Güney, and Erhan Selçuk Hacıömeroğlu. “Examining the Relationship Between Gender, Spatial Ability, Logical Reasoning Ability, and Preferred Mode of Processing”. Adıyaman University Journal of Educational Sciences, vol. 7, no. 1, June 2017, pp. 116-31, doi:10.17984/adyuebd.310833.
Vancouver
1.Güney Hacıömeroğlu, Erhan Selçuk Hacıömeroğlu. Examining the Relationship between Gender, Spatial Ability, Logical Reasoning Ability, and Preferred Mode of Processing. AUJES. 2017 Jun. 1;7(1):116-31. doi:10.17984/adyuebd.310833

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