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http://dx.doi.org/10.7468/jksmec.2014.17.2.159

Development and Validation of Spatial Visualization Tests for Elementary School Children  

Park, Sungsun (Chunceon National University of Education)
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Education of Primary School Mathematics / v.17, no.2, 2014 , pp. 159-171 More about this Journal
Abstract
Spatial ability has been valued as one component of intelligence and as an talented domain. And it is associated with the achievements in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. So, the instrument for measuring spatial ability is very important. The purpose of this study is to develop Spatial Visualization Tests for Elementary School Children and examine internal consistency reliability evidence and construct validity evidence on confirmatory factor analysis of that instrument. For this purpose, 'The Spatial Visualization Tests for Elementary School Children was administered to 1482 Korean elementary school students. As a result, this study show that internal consistency reliability evidence using Cronbach' alpha showed item consistency and construct validity evidence from confirmatory factor analysis in the Spatial Visualization Tests for Elementary School Children. And also, this study show ed that item difficulty and item discrimination of the Spatial Visualization Tests for Elementary School Children were within an acceptable range.
Keywords
spatial visualization test; visualization of rotations; spatial ability; 3-dimensional mental rotation; confirmatory factor analysis;
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