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Detecting differences between the map reading strategies of novice and expert students of geography: A pilot study

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Being able to find our way in a city, to follow a path while hiking, or to drive along the route the GPS presents us are all connected to spatial ability.Spatial ability is a skill that develops within people almost since birth, and is one of the skills that are essential in everyday life.Teaching and learning proper map reading during formal education helps us to expand this skill (Dong et al., 2018; Grieves and Jeffrey, 2017;Jacobs and Schenk, 2003); however, there is little information available on how map reading is implemented, especially in geography classes, what individual characteristics determine its successful learning (Havelková and Gołębiowska, 2019), and how it can be effectively taught and expanded during formal education.

Source: Abstracts of the ICA

DOI: 10.5194/ica-abs-7-175-2024

Authors: Ádám Tóth, Viktor Pál, Zsolt Palatinus, Péter Bagoly-Simó, Anett Kádár

Institutions: University of Szeged, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Language: English

Topic: Geography Education and Pedagogy

Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, Technische Universität Wien, Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Nemzeti Kutatási, Fejlesztési és Innovaciós Alap