Abstract

• The present study investigated the relationship between the middle z students' visual spatial intelligence and their geometric achievement. A total of 200 Grade 9 students participated in this study. The participants were randomly selected from four high schools in four districts at Yangon Region. Questionnaire survey method was used. After pilot study, item analysis was conducted by using TAP program (Version 14.7.4) for the two instruments. Visual Spatial Intelligence IQ Test (α = 0.67) includes 20 items. Geometric Achievement Test (α = 0.72) consists of 25 multiple choice items. The result of descriptive statistics showed that, the mean score of visual spatial intelligence was 9.13 and that of geometric achievement was 13.04. The results of t-test revealed that there was no significant difference in geometric achievement. In visual spatial intelligence test, the mean value of male was a little higher (mean = 9.27) than that of female (mean = 9.02). The results of t-test revealed that there was no significant difference in visual spatial intelligence by gender. Moreover, ANOVA results showed that there were significant differences among the four schools. The mean value of School 2 from west district was the highest in both visual spatial intelligence test and geometric achievement test. Besides, the mean value of School 1 from east district was the lowest in both visual spatial intelligence test and geometric achievement test. Moreover, the finding pointed out that middle schools students' geometric achievement was positively correlated (r = 0.301) with their visual spatial intelligence.