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Testing Based on Understanding: Implications from Studies of Spatial Ability.
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Egan, Dennis E. – Intelligence, 1979
The information-processing approach and results of research on spatial ability are analyzed. Performance consists of a sequence of distinct mental operations that seem general across subjects, and can be individually measured. New interpretations for some classical concepts in psychological testing and procedures for abilities are suggested.…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests