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Yagbasan, Özlem; Kirici, Hatice Kübra – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2021
The main objective of this experimental study was to reveal the importance and effectiveness of the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) based materials in the course of the earthquake topic to high school 10th grade students. The selected topic of the study was "The relationship between faults, plate movements and earthquakes in…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, Maps, Seismology, Geographic Concepts
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Yagbasan, Özlem; Baysal Yilmaz, Sevil – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2021
In this study, it is aimed to give students the ability to perceive spatial variation and to reveal the impact of the activities on students' course success by using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in geography education. The study group consisted of a total of 60 students attending to the 10th grade of secondary school in 2018-2019…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, Geographic Information Systems, Educational Technology
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Demirci, Ali – Journal of Geography, 2011
This article reports the results of a study that explored the applicability and effectiveness of a GIS-based exercise implemented by a teacher on a single computer in an ordinary classroom. The GIS-based exercise was implemented in two different environments with two different groups of students. The study reveals that implementing GIS exercises…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Computers, Word Study Skills, Geographic Information Systems
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Demirci, Ali; Karaburun, Ahmet; Kilar, Hatice – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2013
This article evaluates effectiveness of Google Earth (GE) as an educational tool in secondary school geography lessons and whether it contributes to students' achievement. A GE exercise was developed regarding the types of coastal formations. It was implemented in a ninth-grade geography lesson in three high schools in Turkey. The students…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Academic Achievement, Pretests Posttests, Student Attitudes
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Ozgen, Nurettin – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2009
A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a high performance computer-aided chain of software which enables us to understand, interpret, capture, update, map, and display natural and human-originated events on Earth and allows us to bring out such phenomena in a form of synthesis. Therefore, a GIS is an important information system in which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geographic Information Systems, Migration, Geography Instruction