High School Students' Experiences with Geographic Information Systems and Factors Predicting Enrollment in the Geospatial Semester

The goal of the present study was to characterize high school students' (n = 338) exposure to geospatial technologies and investigate factors predicting enrollment in a GIS course. Students who reported using GIS were almost 10 times more likely to enroll than students without experience using...

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Published inJournal of geography (Houston) Vol. 119; no. 6; pp. 238 - 247
Main Authors Peterson, Emily Grossnickle, Kolvoord, Bob, Uttal, David H., Green, Adam E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Indiana Routledge 25.09.2020
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Computer Literacy
Elective Courses
Enrollment Influences
Enrollments
Gender Differences
geographic education
Geographic Information Systems
Geography Instruction
GIS
high school
High School Students
Learning
Local Issues
Map Skills
Predictor Variables
Prior Learning
Problem Solving
Public Schools
Remote sensing
secondary education
Secondary school students
Self Efficacy
sex differences
Spatial Ability
Students
Virginia
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Summary:The goal of the present study was to characterize high school students' (n = 338) exposure to geospatial technologies and investigate factors predicting enrollment in a GIS course. Students who reported using GIS were almost 10 times more likely to enroll than students without experience using GIS. Males were more than 3 times more likely to enroll than females. Spatial skills, but not beliefs about spatial ability, also predicted enrollment. These results underscore the importance of providing opportunities for students to use geospatial technologies as a pathway to students' future learning and training for GIS related careers.
ISSN:0022-1341
1752-6868
DOI:10.1080/00221341.2020.1824009