Negative Relationships between Ability to Visuolize Space and Grades in Specific Courses

Abstract

The Identical Blocks Test of spatial visualization was administered to college freshmen and correlated with grades in specific courses. Negative relationships between test scores and grades in foreign languages were noted and implications for counseling and testing are discussed.

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