Table 1 Demographic and nonverbal intelligence data for the Montessori—(M) and traditionally—(T) schooled children.

From: Education shapes the structure of semantic memory and impacts creative thinking

 

Group

X2 or t test

p values

Cohen’s d

M

T

N (girls)

36 (16)

31 (16)

0.34

0.58

 

Age [years]

9.1 (2.3)

8.6 (2.0)

1.03

0.31

0.25

min, max

5.5–14.6

5.2–12.3

   

Nonverbal Intelligence [score]

33.2 (3.45)

32.2 (3.59)

2.28

0.30

0.81

SES [score]

7.03 (1.41)

6.83 (1.46)

0.54

0.59

0.14

  1. Mean and SD in parentheses.