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Testing Based on Understanding: Implications from Studies of Spatial Ability.

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Egan, Dennis E. – Intelligence, 1979

The information-processing approach and results of research on spatial ability are analyzed. Performance consists of a sequence of distinct mental operations that seem general across subjects, and can be individually measured. New interpretations for some classical concepts in psychological testing and procedures for abilities are suggested.…

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests

Human Spatial Abilities: Psychometric Studies and Environmental, Genetic, Hormonal, and Neurological Influences.

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McGee, Mark G. – Psychological Bulletin, 1979

Reviews psychometic studies of human spatial ability and studies of environmental, genetic, hormonal, and neurological influences that interact in producing individual variation in spatial test scores. (MP)

Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Environmental Influences