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

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...

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Published in:Journal of geography (Houston) 2012-01, Vol.111 (1), p.15-26
Main Authors: Lee, Jongwon, Bednarz, Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ability tests
Cognition
Cognitive ability
College Students
Construct Validity
Discriminant analysis
Evidence
Factor Analysis
Geography Instruction
High School Students
Identification
Junior High School Students
Multiple Choice Tests
Principal components analysis
Questions
Space
Spatial Ability
spatial thinking
spatial thinking ability test (STAT)
Statistical Analysis
Test Construction
Thinking Skills
Validation studies
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0022-1341
1752-6868
DOI:10.1080/00221341.2011.583262