ERIC Number: EJ438486
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Publication Date: 1991
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Knowledge of Place Vocabulary: A Comparison of Preservice and Inservice Elementary Grade Teachers.
Larkins, A. Guy; Hawkins, Michael L.
Georgia Social Science Journal, v22 n1 p37-41 Spr 1991
Presents results of a study of knowledge of place location among preservice and inservice teachers. Reports finding a better place vocabulary among inservice teachers and a relationship between correct responses and the proximity of the target state to the subject's home state. Concludes that university attendance did not affect results whereas teaching experience did. (DK)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary School Teachers, Geography, Geography Instruction, Higher Education, Locational Skills (Social Studies), Map Skills, Physical Divisions (Geographic), Political Divisions (Geographic), Student Teachers, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Qualifications, Teaching Experience, Vocabulary
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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