The Mental Cutting Test is a measure of
spatial visualization ability
Spatial visualization ability or visual-spatial ability is the ability to mentally manipulate 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional figures. It is typically measured with simple cognitive tests and is predictive of user performance with some kinds ...
(MCT) (CEEB,1939) first developed for a university
entrance examination
An entrance examination is an examination that educational institutions conduct to select prospective students for admission. It may be held at any stage of education, from primary to tertiary, even though it is typically held at tertiary stage.
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in the USA.
The test consists of 25 items. For each problem on the exam, students are shown a criterion figure which is to be cut with an assumed
plane
Plane(s) most often refers to:
* Aero- or airplane, a powered, fixed-wing aircraft
* Plane (geometry), a flat, 2-dimensional surface
Plane or planes may also refer to:
Biology
* Plane (tree) or ''Platanus'', wetland native plant
* ''Planes'' ...
. They must choose the correct resulting
cross-section
Cross section may refer to:
* Cross section (geometry)
** Cross-sectional views in architecture & engineering 3D
*Cross section (geology)
* Cross section (electronics)
* Radar cross section, measure of detectability
* Cross section (physics)
**Abs ...
from among five alternatives. (MCT) (CEEB, 1939)
References
*Sorby A. Shery
"Developing 3-D Spatial Visualization Skills" Michigan Technological University, ''Engineering Design Graphics Journal'', Volume 63 Number 2]
External links
The Mental Cutting Test “Schnitte” and the Picture Rotation Test—Two New Measures to Assess Spatial AbilityQuaiser-Pohl, Claudia (2003)
Cognitive tests