Concept and Skill Development in a Primary Geography Unit Utilizing Alternate Learning Progressions.

Ellis, Arthur K.

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Publication Date: 1974

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Concept and Skill Development in a Primary Geography Unit Utilizing Alternate Learning Progressions

Ellis, Arthur K.

Journal of Geography, 73, 6, 20-26, Sep 74

Three groups of third graders were used to test the importance of a teaching progressions -- concrete to abstract and abstract to concrete -- using an instruction unit on land use which developed concepts of site, scale, aerial perspective, and areal association. (JH)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Educational Research, Geographic Concepts, Geography Instruction, Primary Education, Teacher Effectiveness

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