| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立屏東教育大學 === 數理教育研究所 === 99 === The purposes of this study were (a) to explore the abilities in spatial rotation and cross section of solid geometry between the gifted and regular students in fifth and sixth grades, (b) to realize the differences between the gifted and regular students’ abilities in spatial rotation and cross section of solid geometry in term of gender, grade and socio-economic status, and (c) to discuss the correlation between abilities in spatial rotation and cross section of solid geometry.
There were 683 fifth and sixth graders from elementary school in Kaohsiung City, including 222 gifted and 461 regular students.The subjects were tested with the instrument entitled “Test of the Abilities in Spatial Rotation and Cross Section of Solid Geometry for Fifth and Sixth Graders in Elementary School”.Descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson product-moment correlation were the main statistical methods used for data analysis. The main findings are showed as follows:
1.The gifted students’performance of spatial rotation is significantly better than regular students.
2.There are significant differences in gender and grade of the gifted students’spatial rotation ability, however, there is no significant difference in socio-economic status.
3.There are significant differences in gender and socio-economic status of the regular students’spatial rotation ability, but there is no significant difference in grade.
4.The gifted students’performance of crosss ection of solid geometry is significantly better than regular students.
5.There are significant differences in gender and grade of the gifted students’cross section of solid geometry ability, while there is no significant difference in socio-economic status.
6.There are significant differences in grade and socio-economic status of the regular students’ cross section of solid geometry ability, but there is no significant difference in the gender.
7.There is a significantly positive correlation between the abilities in spatial rotation and cross section of solid geometry for both gifted and regular students.
8.Both groups show that the ability in spatial rotation can affirmatively predict the ability in cross section of solid geometry.
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