ERIC Number: EJ1052675
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1341
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Spatial Thinking Ability Assessment in Rwandan Secondary Schools: Baseline Results
Tomaszewski, Brian; Vodacek, Anthony; Parody, Robert; Holt, Nicholas
Journal of Geography, v114 n2 p39-48 2015
This article discusses use and modification of Lee and Bednarz's (2012) Spatial Thinking Ability Test (STAT) as a spatial thinking assessment device in Rwandan secondary schools. After piloting and modifying the STAT, 222 students total from our rural and urban test schools and one control school were tested. Statistical analysis revealed that urban test school students outperformed rural test school students and that males outperformed females. Also observed were significant differences in performance for particular STAT question categories that can be used to inform strategies for spatial thinking curricular development and further modifications to the STAT in other contexts.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Spatial Ability, Tests, Secondary School Students, Control Groups, Rural Schools, Urban Schools, Statistical Analysis, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Pilot Projects, Comparative Analysis, Futures (of Society), Program Evaluation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Rwanda
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