ERIC Number: EJ1324446
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1341
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Geography Achievement and Opportunity to Learn: A Focus on Curriculum Organization and Content
Paulus, Licia; Nolan, Kelly
Journal of Geography, v120 n6 p212-217 2021
Using the 2018 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) datasets for geography, we explore relationships between geography achievement in the eighth grade and contextual variables related to the content and organization of the geography/social studies curriculum. Differences in student achievement are associated with grade-level variations in exposure to geography as well as the organization of social studies as discrete versus integrated subjects. The achievement gaps observed in this study underscore the need for research into the characteristics of geography curricula and the extent that variance in student outcomes is explained by differential access to geography in schools.
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Academic Achievement, Middle School Students, Grade 8, Social Studies, Achievement Gap, Curriculum, National Competency Tests, Prior Learning, Elementary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 8
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Assessment of Educational Progress
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