ERIC EJ1117621: The Effects of Geography Information System (GIS) B... | |
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Recent studies indicate that the number of students | |
electing to study Geography in Malaysian upper secondary | |
schools, and their level of achievement in the subject, | |
has declined. The main factor appears to be a lack of | |
motivation. Yet there has been little research into the | |
impact of instructional methods on Geography students' | |
motivation and their learning outcomes. This study | |
applies a concurrent triangulation mixed method model to | |
determine the effect of GIS based teaching on | |
underachieving students' achievement and their motivation | |
to learn Geography. The quantitative data were collected | |
through a quasi-experimental design while the qualitative | |
data were collected through students' interviews. The | |
treatment groups included 44 students and control group | |
with 40 students. For the treatment group, a unit on the | |
type and distribution of world vegetation was given with | |
GIS-based lesson material. For the control group, the | |
same subject matter was presented using the traditional | |
teaching methods. The quantitative evaluation showed the | |
mastery goal and achievement post-test mean score of | |
experiment group student participants' are significantly | |
higher than control group student participants. The | |
evaluations of student participants' interviews are | |
consistent with quantitative findings. The triangulation | |
of the quantitative and qualitative data reveals that GIS- | |
based teaching had a more positive effect as compared to | |
traditional teaching methods in enhancing participants' | |
mastery goal learning motivation and achievement in the | |
topics being taught in the classroom. Thus, it is | |
possible to draw overall conclusion that GIS based | |
teaching has positively impact the student participants' | |
achievement and motivation to learn Geography. | |
Date Published: 2018-10-08 09:44:28 | |
Identifier: ERIC_EJ1117621 | |
Item Size: 28090879 | |
Language: english | |
Media Type: texts | |
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