ERIC Number: EJ1401978
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1341
EISSN: EISSN-1752-6868
Find It on a Map: Country Location Identification in a University Geography Classroom, 2016-2022
Journal of Geography, v122 n5 p105-114 2023
Blank paper maps are often used to assess student location knowledge. A total of 502 students enrolled in 12 undergraduate World Geography classes between 2016 and 2022 were initially asked to find some of the following countries on a blank world map: Afghanistan, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, North Korea, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Venezuela. Comparing student cohorts, results were generally mediocre and consistent over time, yet changes in identification accuracy appear with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and in times of intense US media coverage of a country.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Higher Education, Maps, Geography Instruction, Physical Geography
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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