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Walker, Lawrence J. – Child Development, 1984
Bases for recent allegations of sex bias in Kohlberg's theory of moral development are discussed, and studies comparing the development of moral reasoning across the sexes are reviewed. A meta-analysis supported the conclusion that the overall pattern is one of nonsignificant sex differences in moral reasoning. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis, Moral Development, Sex Bias
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Linn, Marcia C.; Petersen, Anne C. – Child Development, 1985
Results suggest that (1) sex differences are found for some types of spatial ability but not others; (2) large sex differences are found only on measures of mental rotation; (3) smaller sex differences are found on measures of spatial perception; and (4) when sex differences are found, they can be detected across the life span. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adolescents, Adults, Children
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Meehan, Anita M. – Child Development, 1984
Examines the findings of 53 studies of sex differences in propositional logic, combinatorial reasoning, and proportional reasoning tasks. Finds sex differences for the latter two tasks to be vulnerable to Rosenthal's "file drawer" problem and effect size to be small for all tasks. Discusses possible explanations for sex differences in…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Adults, Environmental Influences