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Hergan, Irena – Journal of Geography, 2018
This article presents the results of research on how ten-year-old children in an unfamiliar environment perceive the surroundings of the route during their wayfinding when they focus on the task of successfully orienting themselves with two different sources of cartographic support: a mobile navigator and a paper map. The results show that the…
Descriptors: Cartography, Maps, Geographic Location, Navigation
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Adanali, Rukiye; Alim, Mete – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2017
The purpose of this study is to investigate the usability of Problem-Based Learning model supported by Instructional Geocaching Game (PBL-IGG). The study was conducted in Turkey, in 2015-2016 spring term with 19 geography teacher candidates who chosen by convenience sampling method. In this study, within Educational Geocaching Game (IGG) which is…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Preservice Teachers, Problem Based Learning, Environmental Education
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Pearsall, Hamil; Hawthorne, Timothy; Block, Daniel; Walker, Barbara Louise EndemaƱo; Masucci, Michele – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2015
Previous research on broadening participation in higher education and Science Technology Engineering and Math has inadequately examined the role of place. This article explores the socio-spatial perceptions of youth of a college campus and changes in perceptions youth experience during their transition from being a university neighbor to becoming…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Geographic Information Systems, Student Attitudes, Adolescent Attitudes
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Speake, Janet – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2015
This article explores some of the synergetic relationships between research and teaching which can help shape geography undergraduate students' understandings of research. Through the experience of investigating students' attitudes towards, and engagement with, satellite navigation technologies, it considers ways in which learning can be achieved…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Navigation, Geographic Information Systems, Student Attitudes