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Adanali, Rukiye – Review of International Geographical Education, 2021
Knowledge of geography is one of the main elements in solving problems such as urbanization, socio-economic inequalities, disease, migration, natural disasters. It is also seen that importance is given to the acquisition of geographical skills in educational programs. The spatial thinking skill that provides geospatial information is a geographic…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Game Based Learning, Geographic Information Systems
Poleski, Matthew – Geography Teacher, 2017
The lesson described in this article meets several needs for Advanced Placement Human Geography (APHG®) teachers. In the interest of preserving time in the classroom, this lesson is intended to be a capstone assignment, allowing students to synthesize several concepts of the APHG® curriculum, such as demography, economic development, and cultural…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Human Geography, Advanced Placement, Lesson Plans
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Weber, Victoria; Fortune, Nicholas; Williams, Derek; Whitehead, Ashley – Mathematics Teacher, 2016
Software programs such as Tinkerplots ® or Geometer's Sketchpad ® can help students solve problems in mathematics classes, but may not be available to them after high school. In contrast, many students who become familiar with Internet tools and programs in office packages (word processing, spreadsheets, etc.) may use them daily to enhance their…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Models, Computer Software, Spreadsheets
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Layton, Rebecca D.; Cady, Jo Ann; Layton, Christopher A. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2017
Recent recommendations for the teaching of mathematics place an emphasis on the Common Core's Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMP) (CCSSI 2010). The SMPs emphasize constructing viable arguments, critiquing the ideas of others, reasoning abstractly and quantitatively, and using computational procedures. These skills, including the use of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Internet, Common Core State Standards
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Morris, Ronald V. – Social Studies, 2016
Students used a compass trail to show how they could perform service to their school. When students performed service learning, they completed a real task that was needed for a grateful audience conjoined with academic content in the lesson. Students worked on the school grounds and used content from their regular curriculum while looking for…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Science Activities, Navigation, Elementary School Science
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Blatt, Erica – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2013
This inquiry-based activity designed for the fifth through 12th grade allows students to engage in an outdoor, place-based experience, working collaboratively both in groups and as a class to accomplish the class goal of creating a local tree map linked to student-collected data about each tree. During Local Tree Mapping, students explore the…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Place Based Education, Inquiry, Cooperative Learning
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Wu, Peter Y.; Rathswohl, Eugene – Information Systems Education Journal, 2011
Business students need to develop skills in the intelligent use of information, especially spatial information, for decision-making. Geographic Information System (GIS) is a viable tool for that purpose. Yet the few GIS courses in the Information Systems curriculum offered in various business schools tend to focus on different concepts and skills.…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, Spatial Ability, Decision Making, Business Administration Education
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Rumney, Thomas – Journal of Geography, 1982
Describes a college level geography project which focused on land use identification from aerial photographs, land use mapping, and the identification and analysis of land use changes in the field. The project was intended to help students apply geographic skills to real world problems. (AM)
Descriptors: Cartography, Course Descriptions, Field Studies, Geography Instruction
Mockovak, William P. – 1987
The project described in this paper was developed by the Census Bureau to train census enumerators. The approach called "geographic gameboard," consists of three components: (1) an imaginary, graphically depicted community (Abbotsville, Oklahoma); (2) a census map that corresponds to the census geography of Abbotsville; and (3) blank…
Descriptors: Geographic Location, Geography, Job Training, Locational Skills (Social Studies)
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Saveland, Robert N. – Journal of Geography, 1978
Suggests that small-scale mapping activities can be used in geography courses to help students understand geographic concepts such as latitude, longitude, situation, relative location, and national boundaries. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction, Learning Activities
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Warren, Karen; Loeffler, TA – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2006
This article provides a theoretical foundation for understanding women's technical skill development (TSD) in outdoor adventure. An examination of societal and biological factors influencing women's TSD focuses on gender role socialization, sense of competence, technical conditioning, sexism, spatial ability, and risk-taking. The article suggests…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Job Skills, Physical Activities, Sex Role
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Potgieter, Derek; Olen, Sandra – International Information and Library Review, 1993
Discussion of the educational system for black children in South Africa focuses on a project that was developed to teach map skills to elementary students. Topics addressed include unqualified teachers and the need for teacher training; producing affordable instructional materials; and spatial and visual perception skills. (Contains 12…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Education, Equal Education
Paquette, William A. – 1989
The World Civilization curriculum at Tidewater Community College was redesigned to integrate basic skills with the content assignments. The targeted skills were library reference and research, geography, reading comprehension, critical analysis, grammar usage, and creative writing and thinking. During the first semester, World Civilization…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Book Reviews, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design
Montori, Laura; Lally, Julia – 1974
A topic of student interest, earthquakes, is used as a vehicle for teaching reading and research skills in a California junior high school. Students develop geography skills by labeling fault lines on maps of the Pacific Basin, California, and San Francisco; develop their vocabulary by preparing a list of words about earthquakes; and practice word…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Earth Science, Earthquakes, Geography