Spatial cognition and science achievement: The contribution of intrinsic and extrinsic spatial skills from 7 to 11 years.
Alex HodgkissKatie A GilliganAndrew K TolmieMichael S C ThomasEmily K FarranPublished in: The British journal of educational psychology (2018)
Spatial skills, particularly mental folding, spatial scaling, and disembedding, are predictive of 7- to 11-year-olds' science achievement. These skills make a similar contribution to performance for each age group.