Effect of Learning GIS on Spatial Concept Understanding

Marsh et al.'s tests of appropriate spatial relationship concepts were administered to groups of college students to determine whether learning GIS enhances students' overall ability to generate and recognize fundamental spatial relationship concepts. 119 undergraduate students enrolled in...

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Published inJournal of geography (Houston) Vol. 119; no. 3; pp. 87 - 97
Main Authors Jo, Injeong, Hong, Jung Eun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Indiana Routledge 03.05.2020
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
College students
Colleges & universities
Concept Formation
concepts in GIS
Geographic information science
Geographic Information Systems
Knowledge Level
Learning
learning GIS
Marshes
Skill Development
Software
Spatial Ability
Spatial analysis
Spatial concepts
spatial language
spatial thinking education
State Universities
Students
Thinking Skills
Undergraduate Students
Visual Aids
Vocabulary Development
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Summary:Marsh et al.'s tests of appropriate spatial relationship concepts were administered to groups of college students to determine whether learning GIS enhances students' overall ability to generate and recognize fundamental spatial relationship concepts. 119 undergraduate students enrolled in various GIS courses and in non-GIS courses participated in the study. We found that learning GIS helps enhance students' ability to generate and recognize some spatial concepts, those explicitly learned in relation to the tools and functions of GIS software. The result indicates that students' understanding of many of the spatial relationship concepts are acquired incidentally rather than explicitly or intentionally.
ISSN:0022-1341
1752-6868
DOI:10.1080/00221341.2020.1745870