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THE VALIDITY OF TESTS OF SPATIAL ABILITY AS PREDICTORS OF SUCCESS ON TECHNICAL COURSES
Author(s) -
SMITH I. MACFARLANE
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1960.tb01669.x
Subject(s) - psychology , selection (genetic algorithm) , test (biology) , spatial ability , test validity , developmental psychology , mathematics education , applied psychology , psychometrics , artificial intelligence , computer science , cognition , psychiatry , paleontology , biology
S ummary . The object of this investigation was to assess the validity of two tests of spatial ability against criteria of success on technical courses in a secondary technical school. Scores on the usual selection tests as well as on a test of spatial ability were correlated with marks obtained in internal and external examinations in a number of technical subjects taken (i) three years, and (ii) five years after the original selection examination.