Cubes of Coax - a popular testing and puzzle game

Cubes of Coax - a technique that aims to identify the subject's ability to design and create a whole of individual parts. This takes into account the spatial orientation, the analysis of the figure using the drawing, as well as its subsequent reconstruction from the available parts (cubes). The technique is used when working with children and adults.

How the test was developed

In 1927, the American psychologist K. Coos proposed a unique test. This development over time has been approved by many psychodiagnostic practitioners. Cubes of Coos are brightly colored, which ensures their good memorability among the subjects. Analogue to this testing now does not exist, therefore it can symbolize mental diagnostics of the intellect.

From the subject is required to exhibit such qualities of perception as motor skills, visual-motor coordination, heuristic abilities and ideas about space. The nature of the tasks is complex. As a result, the cubes of Coosa help to assess the mental processes of the subject. The examiner receives a visual representation of the integral characteristic of visual-efficient thinking.

What is the set

The set consists of 16 cubes, the appearance of which is provided by the technique. That is, the figures have sides, painted in colors:

1. Blue.
2. Yellow.
3. White.
4. Red.
5. Yellow-blue.
6. White-red.

Also in the set there are 18 drawings, the complexity of which gradually increases. To carry out these drawings, not all of the available Coos cubes may be required. The description of the methodology is included in the manual, which is also available in the kit. It describes the procedure for carrying out the test, decoding results, normative tables. It is also indicated that 4 or 9 figures are required to complete some tasks.

How is the research done?

Cubes of Coos - a technique that is used to work with children from 4 years and older. This determines the purpose of the study. After all, the technique can be used as a teaching experiment. It can also be used as a material that allows you to investigate the level of claims.

The child receives cubes of Coos, as well as the drawing chosen by the specialist. After this, it is necessary to compile from the cubes the figure that is represented in the image. Begin the work using the simplest drawings.

Methods used in conducting research:

1. You can conduct diagnostic training. To this end, you need to use drawings and tips to them. But you should not disclose the child more information than is permissible in the experiment.
2. Repetition of tasks is completely permissible. For example, the training involves the independent performance of the task by the child in a similar drawing.
3. An excellent method is to execute a drawing without using a sample. For this, the child should submit an image.

Testing is carried out within 15-20 minutes.

In what cases are the methods used

With the help of this technique, it becomes possible to identify the child's characteristics with respect to analytical thinking and synthesis. It uses material that requires constructive activity without the participation of speech.

This criterion is important in those cases when the child has obvious problems with the speech. He does not hear or understand what they say. Also, there are cases in which children for some reason refuse to enter into contact with adult interlocutors.

Using the technique, it is possible to identify the spatial disorders that occur when the brain is damaged. This can be a head injury, a tumor, as well as damage to the brain vessels.

When working with adults, the Coosa cubes are used to form an idea of the success of professional activity. This applies to the scope of technical focus or cases where it is required to identify potential masters who have golden hands.

Usually the technique is perceived by children with a proper level of enthusiasm. They willingly agree to carry out the assignment, because they are interested in it. Adults also treat the test quite friendly. Cubes of Coax - a stimulus material, because it really causes the desire to solve the puzzle. Therefore, we can say that the methodology works completely transparently. Also with the help of cubes it is possible to determine the reaction of the test subject to success and vice versa.