ERIC Number: EJ1443403
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 32
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The Development and Validation of a Survey Measuring Opportunity to Learn Spatial Reasoning Skills at Home
Sarah Wellberg; Anthony Sparks; Leanne Ketterlin-Geller
Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, v28 Article 14 2023
The early development of spatial reasoning skills has been linked to future success in mathematics (Wai, Lubinski, & Benbow, 2009), but research to date has mainly focused on the development of these skills within classroom settings rather than at home. The home environment is often the first place students are exposed to, and develop, early mathematics skills, including spatial reasoning (Blevins-Knabe, 2016; Hart, Ganley, & Purpura, 2016). The purpose of the current study is to develop a survey instrument to better understand Kindergarten through Grade 2 students' opportunities to learn spatial reasoning skills at home. Using an argument-based approach to validation (Kane, 2013), we collected multiple sources of validity evidence, including expert review of item wording and content and pilot data from 201 parent respondents. This manuscript outlines the interpretation/use argument that guides our validation study and presents evidence collected to evaluate the scoring inferences for using the survey to measure students' opportunities to learn spatial reasoning skills at home.
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Surveys, Spatial Ability, Thinking Skills, Family Environment, Young Children, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Test Items
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Grade 1; Grade 2
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Language: English
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