This paper describes the physiological "eye noise" effect of line contrast in maps and considers the effect of line contrast on the direct picture of terrain surface as produced by shaded relief. An attempt is made to describe map reading in its two major steps: 1) the enrichment of the brain image resulting from scanning the map sheet,…

Additional insight into the High School Geography Project (HSGP) is provided by this retrospective view of the critical decisions which influenced its nature and scope. A commitment was made to materials at the expense of teacher education and other changes in the educational system. Successive choices focused on a complete but frugal package of…

This is the sixth edition of the Guide to Graduate Departments of Geography in the United States and Canada designed to assist college and university departments in answering the many inquiries received from students concerning graduate training in geography. It provides a comprehensive listing of information about requirements, course offerings,…

Structuring geographical concepts so that they are intelligible to an uninitiated student is a recurrent problem in geography teaching. The subtle interrelationships between map distributions and analytical procedures are not intuitively clear, nor is it plainly evident that concise map analyses depend upon specific measures of distributions. This…

The frequent reference by geographers and cartographers to 'the language of maps' is made precise by clarifying ways in which maps and other formulations of geographic information constitute a language. Aspects of this language are identified, and emphasis is placed on the use of linguistic concepts for study of models of geographic information…

A general overview of problems, current activities, and future action related to the human environment is delineated in this United Nations pamphlet. Reviewed first is the challenge facing the United Nations to promote common interest in protecting the earth's life-sustaining essentials. Following this, world scientific and technological strides…

Different approaches to using computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in teaching geography are presented in this collection of papers. The first paper overviews the use of computers in undergraduate instruction. Next is a paper on a program at the University of Iowa which was designed to introduce students to some of the basic principles associated…

RESEARCH REPORTED HERE WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF INDUCTIVE, DEDUCTIVE, AND INTUITIVE APPROACHES FOR TEACHING SELECTED GEOGRAPHIC CONCEPTS. THE EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED IN A CULTURALLY ADVANTAGED PRIMARY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT USING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND A CRITERION PRETEST AND POST-TEST. THE MATERIALS AND TESTS WERE DEVELOPED…

Forty-six ethnic and/or racial minorities are represented in this bibliography on the geographical literature of ethnic and racial minorities in North America. The bibliography is an initial step toward recognition of what geographers and other spatially-oriented social scientists and planners have discovered about the place experience of ethnic…

This article is based on slides taken during a visit to the Lesser Antilles to investigate the physical origin of the islands, their biological development, and the effect of human occupations on the natural habitat of the islands. (Author/BB)

Seismological research last year was directed toward several fundamental problems. Advances were made in the computation of theoretical seismograms for complex structures and sources. (BB)

"Jogging Geography" is designed to incorporate social studies, geography, and history with physical education. (MM)

Describes a learn-by-doing mapmaking project that makes geography not only a memorable subject, but one that elementary students eagerly anticipate each year. (Author/RK)

Four approaches to simulation games are described; the puzzle approach, the colleague consultation, the geometry approach, and the inquiry approach. A sample geography game suitable for eighth grade students is described in detail. (STS)

Four geographic concepts can be used for an in-depth study of the community: spatial tradition, area studies tradition, man-land tradition, and earth-science tradition. (Author/JR)