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Mária Zvariková, Zuzana Juščáková
the other hand, females show better results in tasks like recalling the
distribution of objects in space. On the basis of the above we have expected
different performances of males and females in tests of spatial imagination
[3,4,5,6].
2 Method
2.1 Set of data
Stratification of the analysed sample was based on data of students accepted
at Slovak universities (apart from technical study branches), faculties of
natural sciences and pedagogical faculties (apart from social sciences). The
data was acquired from 901 students of secondary schools and universities
in the Czech and Slovak Republics. The average age of males was 19.71,
the average age of females 20.02.
SECONDARY
UNIVERSITIES
SCHOOLS
CR SR TOTAL CR SR TOTAL
TOTAL
MALES 103 44 147 165 267 432 579 64,3%
FEMALES 21 30 51 39 232 271 322 35,7%
TOTAL 124 74 198 204 499 703 901 100%
Tab 1 Structure of respondents
2.2 Tools
Analysis of Intelligence Structures, Subtest Cube Recognition (ISA-RK)
The tested person must decide whether any of the seven three-dimensional
cubes is identical with the given cube. The seven cubes are illustrated in
differenct perspectives (or points of view) from the first one and therefore
the tested persons must rotate them in their imagination, or at least they
must rotate around them. Maximum number of points (gross score - GS) in
the short version of the test we have used is 12.
Orientational Test of Cognitive Skills, Subtest Cube Selection (OTRS-
VK)
The tested person must determine the number of cubes (in a limited space)
which have an opening and are not damaged. This number must be written
down. The cubes with an opening are marked by a cross in the front and this
symbol applies to all the cubes in a row. The damaged cubes are marked by
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