A Study of the Correlation between the Spatial Ability and the Pictorial Drawing Achievement of Major in Vocational High Schools

• Main Authors: CHUN-HSIANG LIU, 劉俊祥
• Other Authors: Fong-Mei Kang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2000
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15104447454244128462

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 工業教育研究所 === 88 === Abstract The purposes of this research were: (1) to analyze the differences of test results between Spatial Ability Scale (SAS) and Pictorial Drawing Achievements Test (PDAT) that were administered on Mechanical Drawing (MD) students who were categorized into four variables, including their school types (public and private), school locations (urban and rural), genders (male and female), and grades (first, second, and third); and (2) to further explore the correlation of these two tests. In order to achieve the above goals, besides the aforementioned two tests, this study also took literature review and workshops as its research tools. The modified SAS was originally devised by Kun & chung (1998) and the PDAT was designed by the author. The population in this study includes all presently in-school students who major in MD, while the sampling approaches comprise a proportionate stratified random sampling and a cluster one. The valid SAS and PDAT returns, in sum, total 1523. Data amassed was processed by the statistical strategies of t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheff’e posteriori comparison and product-moment correlation. The main conclusions are as follows: A. The differences of students’ spatial ability: A-1 There is no distinctive difference between public school students and private school ones in their spatial ability. A-2 Urban school students have significantly higher spatial ability than rural school ones. A-3 Male students’ spatial ability is significantly higher than female ones’. A-4 There is no distinctive difference in SAS takers among different grades. B. The differences of students’ PDAT: B-1 There is no apparent difference between public school students and private school ones. B-2 Urban school students have significantly higher PDAT scores than rural school ones. B-3 Male students’ achievement in PDAT is significantly higher than female ones. B-4 There are distinctive differences in PDAT takers among the first, second, and third graders: the third is higher than the second while the second is higher than the first. C. The correlation between the results of two tests in terms of relevant variables: C-1 There is a significant correlation between SAS and PDAT as to public school students. C-2 There is a significant correlation between SAS and PDAT as to private school students. C-3 There is a significant correlation between SAS and PDAT as to urban school students. C-4 There is a significant correlation between SAS and PDAT as to rural school students. C-5 There is a significant correlation between SAS and PDAT as to male MD students. C-6 There is a significant correlation between SAS and PDAT as to female MD students. C-7 There is a significant correlation between SAS and PDAT as to the MD freshmen. C-8 There is a significant correlation between SAS and PDAT as to the MD sophomores. C-9 There is a significant correlation between SAS and PDAT as to the MD seniors. C-10 There is also a distinct relationship between SAS and PDAT. According to the above conclusions, this study also summed up a few suggestions for educational agencies’, schoolteachers’, and further studies’ reference. Keywords: spatial ability , pictorial drawing Achievement