PENGARUH LINGKUNGAN SEKOLAH TERHADAP KECERDASAN SPASIAL PESERTA DIDIK MELALUI AFFORDANCE DAN GEO-LITERACY MENGGUNAKAN ANALISIS JALUR (Studi Kasus SMA Negeri di Kota Bandung dan Kabupaten Bandung)

Abstract

Spatial intelligence is an important component in Geography learning, because Geography is a discipline that studies about the space. The school environment has an influence on the increase in spatial intelligence of students. However, explanation about the mechanism of the influence of the school environment on spatial intelligence have not found until now. This is a survey research of the public high school in Bandung City and Bandung District with a total sample of 264 respondents in nine schools. The influence of the school environment on spatial intelligence can be explained by the path analysis involved in two other variables, that is affordance and geo-literacy. The conclusions of this research are (1) the school environment does not significantly affect the affordance; (2) the school environment and affordance significantly influence the geo-literacy; (3) affordance and geo-literacy significantly influence the spatial intelligence. Researchers recommend that the concept of spatial intelligence in learning geography should be assessed to generate a valid concept.