Author Question: Researchers who make cross-cultural comparisons of youngsters' mathematical abilities have found ... (Read 87 times)

JMatthes · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Researchers who make cross-cultural comparisons of youngsters' mathematical abilities have found that:

a. Cultural differences exist and seem to be the result of genetic differences among various groups.
b. Cultural differences exist and seem to be related to children's involvement in family businesses.
c. Cultural differences exist and may be partially the result of how numbers are represented in language.
d. A basic understanding of number (including, at a minimum, numbers 1 through 10) is universal across all cultures.

Question 2

If you were to convene a group of high school seniors who have very high mathematical ability, you would be apt to have more boys than girls in your group. Which one of the following is least likely to explain the prevalence of boys in the group?

a. On average, boys have higher verbal ability than girls.
b. More boys have very high mathematical ability than girls.
c. On average, boys have greater visual-spatial ability than girls.
d. The students' parents have encouraged sons more than daughters to pursue
mathematics as a discipline.