Visual-Spatial Ability: Important in Stem, Ignored in Gifted Education

Autor/in	Andersen, Lori
Titel	Visual-Spatial Ability: Important in Stem, Ignored in Gifted Education
Quelle	In: Roeper Review, 36 (2014) 2, S.114-121 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-3193
DOI	10.1080/02783193.2014.884198
Schlagwörter	Visual Perception; Spatial Ability; Intelligence; STEM Education; Academically Gifted; Talent Identification; Evaluation Methods; Student Characteristics; Cognitive Ability; Curriculum; Teaching Methods; Verbal Ability; Student Evaluation; Underachievement; Student Needs; Cognitive Assessment System; SAT (College Admission Test); Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Intelligenz; Klugheit; STEM; Begabtenanalyse; Talentsuche; Denkfähigkeit; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Mündliche Leistung; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Performance deficiency; Leistungsschwäche
Abstract	Visual-spatial ability is a multifaceted component of intelligence that has predictive validity for future achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations. Although identification and development of STEM talent is a national priority, visual-spatial ability is rarely measured and relatively neglected in gifted education. Quantitative and verbal reasoning abilities are favored over nonverbal abilities in talent searches and gifted programs, which causes some high-spatial, gifted students to be overlooked. Creative production in STEM requires visual-spatial ability, and this ability must be developed in gifted education. Theories of intelligence and testing have advanced to provide methods for identification of specific cognitive abilities, such as visual-spatial ability. However, for these students to be successful in gifted programs, gifted-education services must be modified to accommodate gifted spatial learners and develop spatial talents. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10