Redefining the Longitude/Latitude Experience with a Scaffolded Geocache

Autor/inn/en	Hammond, Thomas; Bozdin, Alec M.; Stanlick, Sarah E.
Titel	Redefining the Longitude/Latitude Experience with a Scaffolded Geocache
Quelle	In: Social Studies, 105 (2014) 5, S.237-244 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7996
DOI	10.1080/00377996.2014.920289
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Geography; Geography Instruction; Geographic Location; Facilities; Electronic Equipment; Navigation; Maps; Technology Uses in Education; Technology Integration; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Games; Handheld Devices; Prior Learning; Interdisciplinary Approach; History Instruction; Environmental Education; Mathematics Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Geografie; Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Elektronisches Gerät; Map; Karte; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Game; Spiel; Spiele; Vorkenntnisse; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht
Abstract	Latitude and longitude are foundational concepts for geography education, yet they are typically poorly understood by students and receive indifferent attention from instructors and publishers' materials. Social studies teachers can take advantage of increasingly ubiquitous geolocating devices such as Global Positions Systems (GPS) to provide students with a hands-on experience of latitude and longitude to promote spatial thinking skills. We present one such approach, a simplified, scaffolded version of a geocache designed to fit within a single class period: working in pairs, students will use a GPS (or other geolocating device, such as a smartphone) to navigate among several targets set up by the teacher. Students' conceptions and opportunities for extension and application are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10