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Differences between the males and females in verbal reasoning and numerical ability

JOURNAL:MAZEDAN EDUCATIONAL REVIEWS AND TEACHING METHODS

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1. SHAZIA SHAHZADI*, ASHER AHMED MASHOOD, NAVEED RIAZ 28 Dec 2021 na 11 0
Abstract

Objective: To investigate the gender differences on numerical ability and verbal reasoning and social factors which influence on N.A & V.R. Methodology: for this study Differential Aptitude test Battery (DAT). The sample of 136 students (62 females of 74 males) was taken from 1.E.R. Department of Punjab University. A short questionnaire was also administered to the subjects to find out their bio-data & social factors which influence on N.A & V.R. Between group design and purposive sampling was used. Results: Z test was used to find out the differences between V.R & N.A. The results on V.R both males and females were Z - (1.78) n = (136) P> 0.05 which indicate that is insignificant difference between males & females. The results on N.A. both males and females were Z (2.67) n = (136) P< 0.05 which indicated that there is significant difference between males and females. Conclusion: The finding of this study the results are consistent with the reported by Benbow & Staley (1985, 1983) males have high scores in math’s numerical ability than females. Whether (1981) reported female’s superiority to some extent on verbal reasoning.

Keywords

gender differences, Numerical Ability, verbal reasoning

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