Geospatial technologies, such as geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, and GPS have been used in a variety of educational settings to help improve student learning. A sample of 53 high school seniors was recruited from the Geospatial Semester (GSS), a course that emphasizes the use of GIS for problem-solving and students in AP Physics and AP History served as a comparison. GSS students’ spatial thinking and problem solving improved across the school year in contrast to Comparison Group. Results suggest that GIS-based instruction can be used to enhance students’ use of spatial reasoning when solving STEM-relevant problems.
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Jant, E. A., Uttal, D. H., Kolvoord, R., James, K., & Msall, C. (2020). Defining and Measuring the Influences of GIS-Based Instruction on Students’ STEM-Relevant Reasoning. Journal of Geography, 119(1), 22–31. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221341.2019.1676819
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