القدرة المكانية لدى طلبة أسس التصميم و التصميم الداخلي في التربية الفنية بجامعة الملك فيصل

Abstract EN

This study was aimed to determine the spatial ability of students of basics of the design and interior design courses in art education.

The study used spatial ability test as a tool to achieve this purpose and their relationship to the university capacity and academic achievement, which is rarely used in some educational environments.

The study sample consisted of students from the Department of Art Education at the University of King Faisal's and they were (121) students.

This study used a test of spatial ability PURDUE Test prepared by Purdue University, which was used by the researcher So Yoon Yoon, 2011.

The researchers had translated vocabulary of the test and validated its psychometric properties according to honesty and consistency to be applied to this study sample.

The researcher used the following statistical methods : averages, standard deviations, contrast triple analysis and Shevie test.

The results of the study revealed that there are statistically significant differences in spatial ability among students of basics of the design course and the students of Interior design course for the benefit of students of interior design course.

The results also showed that there is a link between spatial ability and the university average in favor of the interior design course in art education.

Also that there is a link between spatial ability and public aptitude test in art education for the benefit of a high and medium level.

The study recommended further studies to investigate the spatial ability and its relationship with some other variables that represent an aspect of cognitive abilities or artistic design and reveal its nature and essence.