Poster #36 - More Than a Matter of Time: Assessment Accommodation for Spatial Ability Using Static and Dynamic Images

• In Event: 47.099 - MTCC Poster Session 11
  In Poster Session: 47.099-5 - Learning Sciences SIG Poster Session

Abstract

Testing times of twenty-nine volunteers comparing spatial ability (SPA) and scores during learning tasks using static and dynamic images were examined for this study. Correlation, independent group t-tests, and ANCOVA were used to examine differences in completion times of learning tasks between high and low SPA learners.

SPA was not statistically associated to completion time during two visual learning tasks (F(1, 26)=1.286, p≥0.05). No significant effect on performance during a static visual learning task was observed between groups. Significant differences were observed in the dynamic task (t(27)=3.342, p≤0.01). High SPA learners out performed(M=71.98, SD=22.46) low SPA learners(M=47.57, SD=16.10)during the use of dynamic images.

Accommodations using images for assessment should be through the use of alternative perspectives, rather than additional time.

Authors

• Jay Loftus

• Cassandra Barber, Maastricht University

• Timothy D. Wilson, The University of Western Ontario

• Michele Jacobsen, University of Calgary