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Direct linkHébert, Cristyne; Jenson, Jennifer; Terzopoulos, Tatyana – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2021
In this article, we report on a study of 32 teachers and their implementation of a digital game designed to support the human and physical geography curriculum in grades 7 and 8 in the province of Ontario, Canada. The purpose of the paper is to analyze and robustly represent the experiences of teachers who participated in the study, most of whom…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Computers, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Download full textRichardson, Ronald Craig – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2010
This article is based on a doctoral dissertation study, "Expanding Geographic Understanding in Grade 8 Social Studies Classes through Integration of Geography, Music, and History: A QuasiExperimental Study" that took place in a high-achieving, suburban middle school in Southern California. The study compared learning as a result of nine…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Suburban Schools, Grade 8, Social Studies
Peer reviewedHantula, James – Social Studies, 1985
Described is a unit of study entitled "Where Would I Like To Live?" that develops student insight into geographic relationships among the physical, cultural, and imaginary worlds. It is intended for use in an eighth-grade world geography course. (RM)
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Grade 8, Human Geography, Junior High Schools
Smith, Ben A. – 1986
Many students in the United States do not possess a sound geographic vocabulary. This study compared two instructional methods, drill and varied activities, that might be used to develop that vocabulary. Eighth-grade social studies classes at three sites (one urban, one rural, and one transitional) were used to assess learning of the 50 United…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Geography Instruction, Grade 8, Instructional Effectiveness
