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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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