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Spatial Reasoning As Related To Solving "Story Type" Problems, James R. Holder
Spatial Reasoning As Related To Solving "Story Type" Problems, James R. Holder
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
In this study it was hypothesized that the ability to mentally solve II story type" problems, those presented in the form of sentences, is significantly related to one's spatial reasoning ability and that a weakness in this ability, when tested by the "story type" problems, could be compensated for by training in and utilization of overt "paper and pencil" manipulations.
To test the hypothesis, three measures were used. These were the DAT Verbal Reasoning test--used to control the factor of verbal reasoning, the DAT Space Relations test--used to measure spatial reasoning ability, and two forms of a test composed of …