Students' Spatial Intelligence Measurement on Social Science and Geography Subjects

Abstract

This research has a purpose to create an instrument model of spatial intelligence measurement which will be developed in further research. The developed instrument was multiple choice questions with theme on spatial knowledge. The instrument was tested on students in junior and senior high school in social science and Geography subjects. Classes and schools selected are Class IX SMP 29 Bandung, Class X SMA 4 Bandung, and Class XI SMA Lab School Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. Descriptive methods was employed to explain the effectiveness of the instruments based on the superiority of validity, reliability, difficulty level, and distinguishing power. The results showed that the instrument has reliability Test = 0.73; validity of questions' item were 19 questions, distinguishing power was 32.5% and difficulty level was equitable.