GI_Forum 2015, Volume 3 Journal for Geographic Information Science
Geospatial Minds for Society
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GI_Forum 2015, Volume 3 Journal for Geographic Information Science
Geospatial Minds for Society ISSN 2308-1708 Online Edition ISBN 978-3-87907-558-4 Print Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-7826-2 Online Edition
doi:10.1553/giscience2015
GI_Forum, 2015Volume 3 2015, 645 pages Print edition is available at Wichmann-Verlag, Berlin
Aikaterini Klonari,
Anna Aikaterini Likouri
S. 359 - 362 doi:10.1553/giscience2015s359 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Abstract: This pilot research was conducted in order to examine the impact of students’ and teachers’ multiple intelligences and spatial perception on students’ performance in geography, and their attitude towards the lesson. The sample was 86 students and 4 teachers in the 6th grade from both a pilot school and a traditional school in Athens. In this paper we present the results from the survey (validated and evaluated for their reliability), which indicated that: 1) There is inefficient geographic knowledge, 2) Most students seem to have lowly developed spatial thinking abilities. In a spatial perception test, they only demonstrated high records in the questions concerning the plan views and the orientation, 3) Geography is considered as a less important subject, 4) The majority of students and teachers had moderate or negative attitudes towards geography, 5) Children with higher spatial thinking abilities had better performance in geography, 6) Spatial intelligence correlated with all types of intelligence, apart from musical, 7) Statistically, no difference between the students’ attitude and spatial thinking was determined based on the type of school. Published Online: 2015/06/26 11:34:11 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5576 0x00324a5d Rights:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
The Journal for Geographic Information Science issue 1-2015 presents peer-reviewed papers
presented at the Geoinformatics
Forum (www.gi-forum.org), held in Salzburg from July 7-10,
2015. The annual GI_Forum symposium provides a platform for dialogue among geospatial minds
in an ongoing effort to support the creation of an informed GISociety.
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