The Effect of Orienteering Applications on Students' Spatial Thinking Skills in Social Studies: The Case of Turkey

Autor/inn/en	Yigit, Turan; Karatekin, Kadir
Titel	The Effect of Orienteering Applications on Students' Spatial Thinking Skills in Social Studies: The Case of Turkey
Quelle	In: Review of International Geographical Education, 11 (2021) 1, S.75-99 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Yigit, Turan) ORCID (Karatekin, Kadir)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2146-0353
Schlagwörter	Spatial Ability; Thinking Skills; Student Centered Learning; Active Learning; Comparative Analysis; Teaching Methods; Elementary School Students; Grade 4; Social Studies; Skill Development; Athletics; Navigation; Foreign Countries; Tests; Faculty Development; Pretests Posttests; Lesson Plans; Researchers; Instructional Effectiveness; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Denkfähigkeit; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Aktives Lernen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Gemeinschaftskunde; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Leichtathletik; Ausland; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Lesson planning; Unterrichtsplanung; Researcher; Forscher; Unterrichtserfolg; Türkei
Abstract	Spatial thinking skills are competencies individuals will need in their lives in order to know and understand the world and to perceive the space correctly. In order for individuals to have these competencies, effective training in the development of spatial thinking skills should occur. Spatial thinking skills can be acquired through student-centered, active learning and orienteering activities, all of which can be applied in lessons as a type of game instead of through traditional teaching methods and techniques. In this study, it is aimed to investigate the effect of spatial thinking skills on the orienteering practices of students' in primary school Grade 4 Social Studies course. The study group consists of a total of 104 students: 51 students are in the experimental group and 53 students are in the control group. All participants are in Grade 4 at a primary school in Merkez district of Kastamonu province in Turkey during the 2019-2020 academic year. Lessons were taught with activities based on orienteering practices in the experimental group, and curriculum-based instruction was conducted in the control group. In the research, one of the quantitative research methods was used as a quasi-experimental model with a pretest-posttest control group. The Spatial Thinking Skill Test (STSS) developed by the researcher was used as the data collection tool. As a result of the research, it was concluded that orienteering practices are effective in developing students' spatial thinking skills. Orienteering is recommended to be used as a teaching technique in Social Studies lessons because it is an entertaining activity that enables learning by doing, the development of multi-faceted thinking, and the transference of spatial thinking skills to daily life. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01