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dc.contributor.authorMartinelli, Victor
dc.contributor.authorLynn, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-14T07:35:30Z
dc.date.available2017-05-14T07:35:30Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.citationMartinelli, V., & Lynn, R. (2005). Sex differences on verbal and non-verbal abilities among primary school children in Malta. Journal of Maltese Educational Research, 3(2), 1-7.en_GB
dc.identifier.issn17269725
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/18924
dc.description.abstractSex differences on verbal abilities assessed with tests of reading, verbal comprehension, spelling and foreign language ability, and of non-verbal abilityassessed with Coloured Progressive Matrices were examined in a longitudinal study on a sample of 136 children between the time they were 5 years old to the time they were 9 years old in Malta. Girls obtained significantly higher means on the verbal abilities, and a non-significantly higher mean on the Coloured Progressive Matrices (d=.15). The results are generally consistent with studies in the United States and Britain.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherUniversity of Malta. Faculty of Educationen_GB
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_GB
dc.subjectEducation, Primary -- Maltaen_GB
dc.subjectSex differences in education -- Maltaen_GB
dc.subjectVerbal ability in childrenen_GB
dc.subjectNon-Verbal Ability Testsen_GB
dc.titleSex differences on verbal and non-verbal abilities among primary school children in Maltaen_GB
dc.typearticleen_GB
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