The Mental Cutting Test "Schnitte" and the Picture Rotation Test-Two New Measures to Assess Spatial Ability

Development of mental rotation in 3- to 5-year-old children

“…The same ghost stimuli as in Experiment 1 were presented on sheets of paper rather than clued on foam board pieces, and thus children were not able to pick them up or rotate them. In that respect the stimulus presentation was more comparable to previous studies that presented stimuli two-dimensionally on plywood panels (e.g., Marmor, 1975Marmor, , 1977, paper (e.g., Vandenberg & Kuse, 1978;Quaiser-Pohl, 2003) or computer screens (e.g, Estes, 1998;Frick et al, 2009;Funk et al, 2005;Kosslyn et al, 1990).…”

“…Furthermore, the paper version can assess mental rotation abilities using a task and dependent variable similar to those used in adult mental rotation research, thus allowing for comparison with older age groups. To date, paper-pencil assessments have only been successfully used in children as young as 5 years (Quaiser-Pohl, 2003), at which age children performed at an above chance level. The present task allows for assessing mental rotation in younger children, providing a research tool that can help narrow the gap between infant research and research with older children and adults.…”

The role of visual representation type, spatial ability, and reading comprehension in word problem solving: An item-level analysis in elementary school children

“…The Paper Folding task (retrieved from The Kit of Factor-Referenced Cognitive Tests; Ekstrom, French, Harman, & Derman, 1976) and the Picture Rotation task (based on Quaiser-Pohl, 2003) are standardized tasks used to measure spatial visualization (see Boonen et al, 2013).…”

Relationships between 9-Year-Olds' Math and Literacy Worries and Academic Abilities

“…Quaiser-Pohl's [27] mental rotation test was used as the nonacademic task-we regarded it as a nonacademic measure because it requires skill not taught in school. It comprised a spatial ability measure designed for primary school aged children.…”