Abstract: In the present paper, the results of the cross--cultural study on techinical creativityof children from China and Germany were analysed, and the issues on genderdifferences in the field of mathematics and natural sciences which are intoresting topsychologists in the field of research on individual differences were discussed. Theresults showed that (1) even though there were no significant gender differences increative thinking, neither in Chinese children nor in German children, and neither insupernormal children nor in normal children, the males were superior to the femalesin mental folding; (2) there were significant gender differences in learning motivationand technical problem comprehension and activities in science. The performances ofmale students were better than that of female students.

Key words: gender difference, cross-cultural study, creativity