我们如何最好地评估空间技能? 实际和概念上的挑战
David H Uttal1, Kiley McKee1, Nina Simms2
1Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Journal of Intelligence
|January 22, 2024
概括
开发可访问和有效的空间测试对于推进科学,技术,工程和数学 (STEM) 教育至关重要. 这项研究概述了当前空间评估的问题,并提出了更好的测量解决方案.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 教育心理学教育心理学
- 在STEM教育方面.
背景情况:
- 空间思维技能对于科学,技术,工程和数学 (STEM) 的成功至关重要.
- 目前的空间测试面临的挑战包括有限的可访问性,缺乏心理测量数据和不一致的构造测量.
- 现有的评估可能不涵盖所有STEM相关的空间技能或适合所有年龄组.
研究的目的:
- 识别和描述与当前空间评估工具相关的问题.
- 为开发改进的空间测试系统和资源提出路线图.
- 促进STEM学科内的空间思维的研究和教育.
主要方法:
- 与同事进行结构化和开放式的采访.
- 进行调查,收集有关空间测试挑战的信息.
- 分析了现有的文献,并确定了空间评估中的差距.
主要成果:
- 确定了现有空间测试的可访问性,有效性和规范性的重大问题.
- 突出了不同测试测量的具体空间构造的不同意见.
- 证实了当前对某些STEM相关空间技能和年龄段的测试不足.
结论:
- 解决当前空间测试的局限性对于推动STEM教育和研究至关重要.
- 开发共享的,基于互联网的测试系统,并结合虚拟现实等技术,可以改善空间技能评估.
- 一个全面的测试资源库将支持研究人员和教育工作者理解和培养空间思维.
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