R-Cube-SR Test

Fehringer, Benedict C. O. F.

doi:10.1027/1015-5759/a000682

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“…The 48 items within each block were randomly presented. The R-Cube-Vis Test is a spatial thinking test and validated for the visualization factor (Fehringer 2020b(Fehringer , 2021b. The correlation with the paper folding test as a specific visualization test is r = .51 and the reliability estimate is α = .90 for the long version of the R-Cube-Vis Test (Fehringer 2020b).…”

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Different Perspectives on Retest Effects in the Context of Spatial Thinking: Interplay of Behavioral Performance, Cognitive Processing, and Cognitive Workload

Fehringer

2023

J. Intell.

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Retest effects refer to performance improvements in a final test by completing previous tests with the same or similar testing materials. Improvements in test-related skills and/or increasing familiarity with the stimulus materials are considered sources of the retest effect. The present study analyzes retest effects in the context of spatial thinking, considering complementing perspectives (behavioral performance, cognitive processing, and cognitive workload). N = 141 participants completed a recently developed ability test for the visualization factor of spatial thinking (R-Cube-Vis Test). This test provides the opportunity to monitor the progression of changes in solving behavior from item to item within each of the six distinct difficulty levels. Items of one difficulty level all require the same spatial solving strategy but vary in visual appearance. Multi-level models were estimated, with items on level 1 and participants on level 2. Results demonstrated retest effects as changes from the beginning to the end of a set of items within each difficulty level by increasing accuracy. Gaze patterns showed the development of solving strategies by participants through, e.g., shifting the focus on relevant item parts. Increasing familiarity with the stimulus materials was indicated in reduced reaction times and increased confidence ratings, but also by the results of a pupillary-based cognitive workload measure. Furthermore, differences between participants with overall high vs. low spatial ability were considered. In addition to a deeper understanding of the underlying mechanisms of the retest effect, the complementing perspectives provide more detailed information about individual ability profiles for diagnostic purposes.

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Different Perspectives on Retest Effects in the Context of Spatial Thinking: Interplay of Behavioral Performance, Cognitive Processing, and Cognitive Workload

Fehringer

2023

J. Intell.

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R-Cube-SR Test

Fehringer

2023

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

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Abstract. Visualization and spatial relations (mental rotation) are two important factors of spatial thinking. Visualization refers to complex visual-spatial transformations, whereas spatial relations refer to simple mental rotation of visualized objects. Conventional spatial relations tests, however, have been found to be highly correlated with visualization tests because solving items through mental rotation might involve visualization ability due to the complexity of the visual materials of these tests. In two studies ( N = 51, N = 109), a new computer-based test for spatial relations, the R-Cube-SR Test, was developed and validated. The R-Cube-SR Test utilizes simple, single-colored cubes as rotated visual materials. Reliability estimates of the reaction times reach ω = .87. Correlations with standard tests of spatial relations (up to r = .55) were significantly higher than with visualization tests, such as the new R-Cube-Vis Test ( Fehringer, 2020 ), which uses the same visual materials. This was supported by CFAs. It is concluded that the new R-Cube-SR Test is a valid measure of spatial relations. Both tests together, the R-Cube-Vis and R-Cube-SR, as specific tests for their respective factor, now, are able to provide a differential diagnosis of a participant’s spatial thinking ability using the same visual materials.

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