Assessing Visual-Spatial Talents: The Use of the Impossible Figures Task with Chinese Students in Hong Kong

Autor/in	Chan, David W.
Titel	Assessing Visual-Spatial Talents: The Use of the Impossible Figures Task with Chinese Students in Hong Kong
Quelle	In: High Ability Studies, 19 (2008) 2, S.173-187 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1359-8139
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Visual Arts; Gifted; Rating Scales; Foreign Countries; Cognitive Processes; Creativity; Task Analysis; Scores; Architecture; Spatial Ability; Visual Perception; Art Education; College Faculty; Measures (Individuals); Elementary Secondary Education; Talent; Statistical Analysis; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Optische Gestaltung; Begabter, Hoch Begabter; Rating-Skala; Ausland; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Kreativität; Aufgabenanalyse; Architektur; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Fakultät; Messdaten; Begabung; Hochbegabung; Statistische Analyse; Hongkong
Abstract	Ninety university undergraduate students were tested on a number of tasks assessing their recognition of possible and impossible figures, mental rotation, ideational fluency, and self-report artistic and creative characteristics. Scores on the Impossible Figures Task (IFT-14) and the Mental Rotation Test, and self-ratings on the Artistic Characteristics Rating Scale were found to differentiate among Fine Arts students, Architecture students, and students from Arts Faculty disciplines less related to visual-spatial abilities, suggesting that the IFT-14 could be used to assess visual-spatial or visual arts talents. The application of the IFT-14 with the same related measures to a sample of 103 primary and secondary gifted students provided further supporting evidence. Implications of the findings on the development of more sensitive measures for identifying students with visual-spatial or visual arts talents are discussed. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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