Spatial Ability, Motivation, and Attitude of Students as Related to Science Achievement Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Spatial Ability, Motivation, and Attitude of Students as Related to Science Achievement

Creator

  • Author: Bolen, Judy Ann
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Hull, Darrell M.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Henson, Robin K.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Glover, Rebecca
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Natesan, Prathiba
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2011-05

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Understanding student achievement in science is important as there is an increasing reliance of the U.S. economy on math, science, and technology-related fields despite the declining number of youth seeking college degrees and careers in math and science. A series of structural equation models were tested using the scores from a statewide science exam for 276 students from a suburban north Texas public school district at the end of their 5th grade year and the latent variables of spatial ability, motivation to learn science and science-related attitude. Spatial ability was tested as a mediating variable on motivation and attitude; however, while spatial ability had statistically significant regression coefficients with motivation and attitude, spatial ability was found to be the sole statistically significant predictor of science achievement for these students explaining 23.1% of the variance in science scores.

Subject

  • Keyword: Spatial ability
  • Keyword: attitude
  • Keyword: science achievement
  • Keyword: motivation

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Holder: Bolen, Judy Ann
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc67961

Degree

  • Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy
  • Degree Level: Doctoral
  • Degree Discipline: Educational Research
  • Academic Department: Department of Educational Psychology
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas

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