Development of the Spatial Ability Test for Middle School Students

Autor/inn/en	Yildiz, Sevda Göktepe; Özdemir, Ahmet Sükrü
Titel	Development of the Spatial Ability Test for Middle School Students
Quelle	In: Acta Didactica Napocensia, 10 (2017) 4, S.41-54 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2065-1430
Schlagwörter	Spatial Ability; Test Construction; Middle School Students; Item Analysis; Factor Analysis; Test Reliability; Visualization; Goodness of Fit; Content Validity; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Foreign Countries; Statistical Analysis; Turkey (Istanbul) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Testaufbau; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Itemanalyse; Faktorenanalyse; Testreliabilität; Visualisation; Visualisierung; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Ausland; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to develop a test to determine spatial ability of middle school students. The participants were 704 middle school students (6th, 7th and 8th grade) who were studying at different schools from Istanbul. Item analysis, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, reliability analysis were used to analyse the data. Exploratory factor analysis revealed three factors: spatial visualization, spatial orientation, and spatial relations in accordance with the determined theoretical framework. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed that these three factors constituted a model-with good fit. The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient for the whole of the scale was found to be 0.802. The findings obtained showed us that the test which was composed of twenty three items was a valid and reliable measuring instrument (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Babes-Bolyai University. Kogainiceanu 1, Cluj-Napoca, 400084 Romania. e-mail: submit_adn@yahoo.com; Web site: http://adn.teaching.ro
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01