Journal of Gifted/Talented Education (영재교육연구)

The Korean Society for the Gifted (한국영재학회)
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Assessing Korean Middle School Students' Spatial Ability: Comparison between Gifted Students and General Students

한국의 중학교 영재학생과 일반학생의 공간 능력의 차이에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2012.05.17
  • Accepted : 2012.06.17
  • Published : 2012.06.30
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Abstract

Spatial ability has been valued as one component of intelligence and as an talented domain. The researchers agree that spatial ability is associated with the achievements in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and important in STEM education. The purpose of this study is to assess Korean middle school students' spatial ability and compare Gifted Students and General Students' spatial ability. For this purpose, 'The Revised PSVT:R' was translated into Korean and administered 509 Korean middle school students, and also internal consistency reliability evidence and construct validity evidence of 'The Revised PSVT:R' were examined. This study explored the spatial ability of Korean middle school students (graded 7 through 9), and investigated association between spatial ability and students' mathematics achievement, the students' spatial ability according to their gender and grade level. As a result, this study shows that gifted students were better than general students in spatial ability. And there were significant correlations between spatial ability and mathematics, science, Korean language achievement. According to these results, spatial ability should be included as one of the important components in identifying students for gifted education programs.

본 연구는 공간능력이 영재학생들을 판별하는데 중요한 요소로 작용한다는 전제하에 한국의 중학교 영재학생들과 일반학생의 공간능력을 비교하는 것을 주 목적으로 하고 있다. 이를 위하여 한국의 중학생들에게 '퍼듀 공간 시각화 검사: 회전의 시각화(Revised PSVT:R)'를 실시하였다. Revised PSVT:R의 타당도 검증을 위하여 확인적 요인분석을 실시하였으며, 이를 바탕으로 영재 학생들과 일반 학생들의 공간 능력 차이를 비교하였다. 연구 결과, 영재학생들은 일반학생들보다 공간능력에 있어서 훨씬 우수하였다. 공간 능력에 대한 검사 결과를 확장하여 공간능력과 수학, 과학, 언어 분야와의 관계를 살펴보았다. 공간능력은 수학, 과학, 언어분야와 상관관계가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 연구 결과를 종합하여 볼 때, 공간능력이 우수한 학생과 영재교육에 참여하고 있는 영재학생은 같은 특성이 있는 것으로 판단된다. 따라서 공간능력은 영재학생을 판별하는 중요한 검사도구로 포함되어야 할 것이다.

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