Components of Spatial Thinking: Evidence from a Spatial Thinking Ability Test

Autor/inn/en	Lee, Jongwon; Bednarz, Robert
Titel	Components of Spatial Thinking: Evidence from a Spatial Thinking Ability Test
Quelle	In: Journal of Geography, 111 (2012) 1, S.15-26 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1341
DOI	10.1080/00221341.2011.583262
Schlagwörter	Evidence; Construct Validity; Factor Analysis; Spatial Ability; Multiple Choice Tests; Thinking Skills; Junior High School Students; College Students; Identification; Test Construction; Geography Instruction; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Faktorenanalyse; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Multiple choice examinations; Multiple-choice tests, Multiple-choice examinations; Multiple-Choice-Verfahren; Denkfähigkeit; Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; Collegestudent; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Testaufbau; Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	This article introduces the development and validation of the spatial thinking ability test (STAT). The STAT consists of sixteen multiple-choice questions of eight types. The STAT was validated by administering it to a sample of 532 junior high, high school, and university students. Factor analysis using principal components extraction was applied to identify underlying spatial thinking components and to evaluate the construct validity of the STAT. Spatial components identified through factor analysis only partly coincided with spatial concepts used to develop the questions that compose the STAT and with the components of spatial thinking hypothesized by other researchers. (Contains 2 figures and 8 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10