Spatial relations ability and other characteristics of art laboratory students

Abstract

The scores of 69 art students in an art laboratory course of the General College at the University of Minnesota on the ACE, OSPE, Strong, and Minnesota Paper Form Board were studied to determine criteria for the selection of students for a commercial art training sequence. Results indicate that students in commercial art should possess spatial relations ability well above the average of liberal arts freshmen, scholastic aptitude at about the median or above of General College students, and should have a definite vocational goal in commercial art. With regard to measured interests, the findings of the study were less definitive. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)