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Fostering Students Geographic Systems Thinking by Enriching Causal Diagrams with Scale. Results of an Intervention Study
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Cox, Marjolein; Elen, Jan; Steegen, An – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2020
Several challenges faced by humanity, such as the world food problem, migration flows or climate change, are all taught about in geography courses worldwide. Behind these challenges are complex systems consisting of several interrelated causes and consequences. In order to better understand these highly complex geographical systems, a systems…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Systems Approach, Thinking Skills, Spatial Ability
Research Skills in Upper Secondary Education and in First Year of University
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Maddens, Louise; Depaepe, Fien; Janssen, Rianne; Raes, Annelies; Elen, Jan – Educational Studies, 2021
The acquisition of research skills is an important goal of secondary education. Still, insights on what learner characteristics stimulate and hamper research skills are lacking. Therefore, this study investigates the relationship between students' research skills (assessed by means of the Leuven Research Skills Test (LRST) and students' gender,…
Descriptors: Research Skills, Skill Development, High School Students, Grade 11
Evaluating the Leuven Research Skills Test for 11th and 12th Grade
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Maddens, Louise; Depaepe, Fien; Janssen, Rianne; Raes, Annelies; Elen, Jan – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2020
According to (inter)national policy and curriculum documents, the acquisition of research skills is an important objective of secondary education. However, the conceptualization and hence the operationalization of this concept seems ambiguous. Furthermore, no test exists to assess students' proficiency in (a broad range of) research skills in a…
Descriptors: Grade 11, Grade 12, High School Students, Student Evaluation
Students' Reasoning Processes While Constructing Causal Diagrams
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Cox, Marjolein; Elen, Jan; Steegen, An – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2019
The use of causal diagrams to externalize the mental representation of a problem is recognized to be an important step in solving complex problems. In geography education several global challenges taught about in class are highly complex due to the interconnectedness of many causes and consequences. A systems thinking approach might be helpful to…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Causal Models, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods