Evaluating Progression in Students’ Relational Thinking While Working on Tasks with Geospatial Technologies

Tim FAVIER; Joop VAN DER SCHEE

Makale detayları

Evaluating Progression in Students’ Relational Thinking While Working on Tasks with Geospatial Technologies

Yazarlar:

Tim FAVIER | Joop VAN DER SCHEE

Yayıncı:

Eyüp ARTVİNLİ

Dergi:

Review of International Geographical Education Online 2014 Vol.4 Issue 2, pp.155-181

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2014

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000831923

Sıklık:

Üç Yıllık

eISSN:

2146-0353

pISSN:

2146-0353

Özet:

 


One of the facets of geographic literacy is the ability to think in a structured way about geographic
relationships. Geospatial technologies offer many opportunities to stimulate students’ geographic
relational thinking. The question is: How can these opportunities be effectuated? This paper discusses
the results of a process-oriented experiment that aimed to gain insight into the characteristics of
students’ learning processes and the factors that influence students’ learning when they work with
geospatial technologies, and to provide ideas on how to optimise the learning outcomes. Eighteen
students were observed in a laboratory research setting while working on tasks with a geogame and a
WebGIS, and were interviewed about their learning afterwards. The study shows that using appropriate
educational technologies is only part of the story. Well-designed tasks and active coaching by the
teacher also seem to be indispensable ingredients. The data suggest that, in order to increase the
effectiveness of instruction methods with geospatial technologies, teachers should include tasks in
which students have to summarize their system knowledge in a conceptual framework, and that
teachers should help students structure their system knowledge via dialogical teaching. In the tasks and
support, attention should be paid to the grammar of relational thinking.

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Makale detayları

Evaluating Progression in Students’ Relational Thinking While Working on Tasks with Geospatial Technologies

Yazarlar: Tim FAVIER | Joop VAN DER SCHEE

Yayıncı: Eyüp ARTVİNLİ

Dergi: Review of International Geographical Education Online 2014 Vol.4 Issue 2, pp.155-181

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 8/2014

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000831923

Sıklık: Üç Yıllık

eISSN: 2146-0353

pISSN: 2146-0353

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Tim FAVIER | Joop VAN DER SCHEE

Yayıncı:

Eyüp ARTVİNLİ

Dergi:

Review of International Geographical Education Online 2014 Vol.4 Issue 2, pp.155-181

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2014

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000831923

Sıklık:

Üç Yıllık

eISSN:

2146-0353

pISSN:

2146-0353