Does a New Version of the Direction Orientation Task Measure Spatial Ability?

J Sweet, J Coyne, N Herdener… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps use the direction orientation task (DOT) to assess
spatial ability of potential pilots. However, recent research has shown limitations with the …

The use of non-spatial strategies in the Direction Orientation Task

JT Coyne, NL Brown, CK Foroughi… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Spatial ability has been identified as one of the skills needed to be a pilot. However, the test
used by the military to measure this ability, the Direction Orientation Task (DOT), has a …

Limitations of current spatial ability testing for military aviators

JT Coyne, S Dollinger, N Brown, C Foroughi… - Military …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Spatial ability has long been considered an important attribute when identifying military
aviators. This paper examines the Direction Orientation Task (DOT), which is currently used …

Toward improving the direction orientation task

J Coyne, N Herdener, J Sweet, C Sibley… - Advances in Human …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Direction Orientation Task (DOT) was developed as a test of spatial ability and
processing speed. It is used by several US military services as part of their respective …

Updating the direction orientation task: An aviation selection tool

HN Keiser, CM Moclaire, KM King… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Military branches rely on selection and placement testing to help identify individuals who will
be well-suited for jobs that they likely have little exposure to or experience with. The goal for …

Searching for correlates of spatial ability

SG Vandenberg, AR Kuse… - Perceptual and motor …, 1985 - journals.sagepub.com
Searching for Correlates of Spatial Ability Page 1 Perceptt/al and Motor Skillr, 1985, 60, 343-350.
@ Perceptual and Motor Skills 1985 SEARCHING FOR CORRELATES OF SPATIAL ABILITY …

Age, Sex, and STEM Education Influence Spatial Processing Performance

AR Neigel, SKT Bailey, JL Szalma… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Previous research has demonstrated that individual differences can influence spatial
processing performance. In the present study, the relationship between age, sex, and …

Spatial strategy selection: Interesting incremental information

J Gluck, S Fitting - International Journal of Testing, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this article is to show that individuals differ in the way they solve spatial tasks of
all kinds, and both research on and measurement of spatial ability could profit from an …

Dynamic spatial performance: Sex and educational differences

MJ Contreras, R Colom, PC Shih, MJ Álava… - Personality and …, 2001 - Elsevier
A set of two dynamic tests were developed for measuring spatial orientation and spatial
visualization (SODT and SVDT). These dynamic spatial tests were designed for computer …

An analysis of spatial orientation test performance

DE Egan - Intelligence, 1981 - Elsevier
Spatial Orientation ability correlates with important criteria such as achievement in calculus
and physics, but this ability has not been investigated systematically. Performance on …