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Are boys or girls better at spatial intelligence tests?

I think boys will be better because spatial intelligence is a left-brained intelligence (which is generally more dominant in men).

My different variables would be the boys versus the girls for the different tests.

My equipment will be the directions I give to people and the pictures I will have them look at and draw.

My procedure is that I will test six boys and girls ages 12-14. There will be three different tests.
1) The first test is that I will have them stand without moving and get left and right directions from me. Then I will ask at which floor tile they will end up if they follow the directions.
2) The second test is that I will show them shapes drawn on a piece of paper. Within these shapes there will be other shapes rotating in a pattern. I will have the test subjects draw the next shape in the pattern.
3) The final test will be that they have to draw a three-dimensional figure from a sketch that I will provide.
4) I will assign point values to the results for each test and then compare all the tests and find out if boys or girls are more spatially intelligent.

The total score for the three tests for each of the six boys was between 10 and 13 points.
The total score for the three tests for each of the six girls was between 2 and 8 points.
The total score for all the boys was twice the total score for all the girls.

When all of my subjects were done testing, I compared all of the tests and figured out that boys had a higher score than the girls did. Therefore, my hypothesis was correct. There were some girls who said they could not even do the tests because they were too hard to do. This is because women are dominant in the right brain and men are dominant in the left brain. Spatial intelligence is a left-brained intelligence. Some examples of the tests that people had to do are: visualizing directions in their head and drawing a three-dimensional object from a piece of paper. There are many different intelligences, but men seem to be better at spatial intelligence tests than women are. Testing a greater number of people of different ages might be worthwhile.

This experiment attempted to find out whether boys or girls were better at spatial intelligence tests. God wants us to use our different intelligences to serve Him. Many people have used spatial intelligence to serve God. Architects and designers use it to build churches. No matter what our intelligence-dominance is, God wants us to use it for His glory.

“O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. Psalm 108:1

These verses mean that we should praise God even with what gives us glory. For example, if we are spatially intelligent, we should use it for God. We should use everything we have to praise God, even what makes us talented and glorified because God deserves the glory.

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