Comprehensive Assessment of Spatial Ability in Children: A Computerized Tasks Battery

IF 1 4区心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Advances in Cognitive Psychology Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI:10.5709/acp-0315-0

Solmaz Soluki, S. Yazdani, A. Arjmandnia, J. Fathabadi, S. Hassanzadeh, V. Nejati

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Abstract

Spatial ability is known to have an important role in learning different skills in childhood and achieving success in specific professions. A vast majority of the studies on this topic have focused on adults, and few on in children. In this study, eight tasks were selected to assess eight factors of spatial ability and were modified to be suitable for children. Computerized versions of the tasks were designed and their reliability was measured. One-hundred and ten Iranian children aged 9 to 12 years old participated in the study. In order to assess the test-retest reliability, half of the participants were tested twice. Internal consistency reliability was calculated for some of the tasks. Intraclass correlation coefficients were obtained by test-retest reliability analysis for all tasks ranging from 0.689 to 0.997. The range of Cronbach's α coefficient was found to be between 0.335 and 0.784. The range of the ω coefficient was from 0.428 to 0.798. Each modified task had adequate reliability for assessing the respective spatial ability factors. This battery can help to identify the level of spatial performance in children.

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儿童空间能力的综合评估:计算机任务电池

众所周知，空间能力在儿童时期学习不同技能和在特定职业中取得成功方面发挥着重要作用。绝大多数关于这个话题的研究都集中在成年人身上，很少有关于儿童的研究。在本研究中，选择了8个任务来评估空间能力的8个因素，并进行了修改，以适合儿童。设计了计算机版本的任务，并测量了它们的可靠性。110名9至12岁的伊朗儿童参加了这项研究。为了评估重测信度，一半的参与者接受了两次测试。对部分任务进行了内部一致性可靠性计算。通过重测信度分析得到各任务的类内相关系数，范围为0.689 ~ 0.997。Cronbach’s α系数的取值范围为0.335 ~ 0.784。ω系数的取值范围为0.428 ~ 0.798。每个修正任务在评估各自的空间能力因子方面具有足够的信度。这种电池可以帮助确定儿童的空间表现水平。

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Advances in Cognitive Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-

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14 weeks