Facilitating Spatial Thinking in World Geography Using Web-Based GIS

Autor/inn/en	Jo, Injeong; Hong, Jung Eun; Verma, Kanika
Titel	Facilitating Spatial Thinking in World Geography Using Web-Based GIS
Quelle	In: Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 40 (2016) 3, S.442-459 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-8265
DOI	10.1080/03098265.2016.1150439
Schlagwörter	Thinking Skills; World Geography; Geographic Information Systems; Spatial Ability; Geography Instruction; Control Groups; Pretests Posttests; Geographic Concepts; Undergraduate Students; Higher Education; Public Colleges; Quasiexperimental Design; Experimental Groups; Comparative Analysis; Computer Uses in Education; Instructional Effectiveness; Georgia; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Denkfähigkeit; Weltkunde; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Computernutzung; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	Advocates for geographic information system (GIS) education contend that learning about GIS promotes students' spatial thinking. Empirical studies are still needed to elucidate the potential of GIS as an instructional tool to support spatial thinking in other geography courses. Using a non-equivalent control group research design, this study examines the effect of using Web-based GIS in a world geography course on the development of students' spatial thinking abilities. The findings indicate that Web-based GIS activities implemented in this study significantly enhanced students' spatial thinking skills. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01