Author(s)

Congying Zeng ¹, Libin Hu ¹, Zhibin Yuan ², Yong Tan ¹, Xia Hu ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Jianyang Middle School of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, Sichuan, 641499, China
² Primary and Secondary School Teaching Laboratory of Jianyang City, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, Sichuan, 641499, China

Corresponding Author

Congying Zeng

ABSTRACT

Spatial thinking is the core thinking in geography discipline and also the necessary prerequisite for regional cognition, comprehensive thinking and geographical practice. Cultivating geospatial thinking among senior high school students plays an important role in developing the core discipline literacy. This study investigates a variety of geospatial thinking cultivation strategies including mental map, mind mapping, Project-based learning and VR technology, and verifies the implementation effect of these strategies through teaching experiments. We find that appropriate use of geospatial thinking cultivation strategies in teaching can significantly improve senior high school students' geospatial thinking ability, which can also narrow the gender difference in geospatial thinking ability between male and female students to a certain extent.

KEYWORDS

Senior high school students, Geospatial thinking, Teaching experiment, Effect

CITE THIS PAPER

Congying Zeng, Libin Hu, Zhibin Yuan, Yong Tan, Xia Hu, Teaching Experiment and Effect Analysis on Geospatial Thinking Cultivation among Senior High School Students under the Concept of Core Literacy. Advances in Educational Technology and Psychology (2023) Vol. 7: 21-28. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aetp.2023.070105.

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