Measurement of Spatial Ability : Construction and Validation of the Spatial Reasoning Instrument for Middle School Students

• Published in: Journal of psychoeducational assessment Vol. 35; no. 7; pp. 709 - 727
• Main Authors: Ramful, Ajay, Lowrie, Thomas, Logan, Tracy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.10.2017
• Subjects: Cognitive skills; Difficulty Level; Factor Analysis; Foreign Countries; Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 7; Item Response Theory; Mathematics education; Measurement; Measures (Individuals); Middle School Students; Middle years; Perspective Taking; Psychometrics; Spatial Ability; STEM Education; Test Items; Thinking Skills; Visualisation; Visualization; Australia; spatial ability; spatial orientation; mental rotation; spatial visualization

This article describes the development and validation of a newly designed instrument for measuring the spatial ability of middle school students (11-13 years old). The design of the Spatial Reasoning Instrument (SRI) is based on three constructs (mental rotation, spatial orientation, and spatial vis...