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Direct linkTian, Jing; Ren, Kexin; Newcombe, Nora S.; Weinraub, Marsha; Vandell, Deborah Lowe; Gunderson, Elizabeth A. – Developmental Science, 2023
Despite some gains, women continue to be underrepresented in many science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. Using a national longitudinal dataset of 690 participants born in 1991, we tested whether spatial skills, measured in middle childhood, would help explain this gender gap. We modeled the relation between 4th-grade spatial…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Spatial Ability, Children, Gender Differences
