UNDERACHIEVEMENT AMONG SPATIALLY GIFTED STUDENTS

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UNDERACHIEVEMENT AMONG SPATIALLY GIFTED STUDENTS

• Investigating differences between high
  mathematical and high spatial ability at a
  specific level of ability.

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EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH PROBLEM

• Do students gifted in spatial ability utilize
  their academic capabilities to the same extent as
  students who are gifted in mathematics?

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VARIABLES

• Dependent Academic Capabilities
• Independent Area of Giftedness

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RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS

• Students who are spatially gifted do not utilize
  their academic capabilities to the same extent as
  students who are mathematically gifted.

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STATISTICAL HYPOTHESES

• Ho µspatial giftedness µmathematical
  giftedness
• Ha µspatial giftedness lt µmathematical
  giftedness

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POPULATION OF INTEREST

• Spatially gifted individuals.

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SIGNIFICANCE OF PROBLEM TO PRACTICE

• Students talented in spatial ability need to be
  encouraged to achieve at their highest possible
  levels.
• Lesson plans should incorporate a variety of
  learning styles.
• Teachers should give lower achieving students a
  variety of choices to help plan for their
  futures.

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LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE

• No Alpha level was mentioned in this study,
  therefore, we resorted to our default of
• Alpha level .05

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THREATS TO INTERNAL VALIDITY

• History
• Maturation
• Instrumentation
• Experimental Mortality

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THREATS TO EXTERNAL VALIDITY

• No Random Sample

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REFERENCES

• Gohm, C.L.., Humphreys, L..G. Yao, G. (1998).
  Underachievement among spatially gifted students.
  American Educational Research Journal, 35 (3),
  515 - 531.
• The Gifted Development Center (1998).
  Visual-spatial learner. Retrieved October 31,
  1998 from the World Wide Web http//www.giftedde
  velopment.com

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KIM MITTEN

• 7th 8th Grade History Teacher.
• Mommy-to-be in February.

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ANGIE MAIER

• Full-time Mom and wife.
• Best-stressed woman.

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COLLEEN REED

• Referee for twenty two year old children.
• Masters wanna-be.

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CHRISTY FAY

• Part -time Librarian
• Full-time Mom