Developing a geographic inquiry process skills scale
This study aimed to develop an assessment tool for determining the geographic inquiry process skills of 9th-12th grade high school students. A 36-item questionnaire was prepared to achieve this goal. The questionnaire was administered to 599 10th and 11th-grade students from five different school ty...
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| author | Hülya Yiğit Özüdoğru Nurcan Demiralp |
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| description | This study aimed to develop an assessment tool for determining the geographic inquiry process skills of 9th-12th grade high school students. A 36-item questionnaire was prepared to achieve this goal. The questionnaire was administered to 599 10th and 11th-grade students from five different school types in Ankara province of Turkey in 2019. In consequence of the exploratory and confirmatory analyses, the scale consisted of 22 items and 5 factors. These factors were named Posing Geographic Questions, Acquiring Geographic Information, Organising and Analysing Geographic Information, Answering Geographic Questions, and Communicating Geographic Information. The findings show that the scale is valid, reliable, and discriminative. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-209f2d6a4c9e4b38a523ac3b4fed0a342022-12-21T22:27:11ZengTaylor & Francis GroupEducation Inquiry2000-45082021-01-010011910.1080/20004508.2020.18648831864883Developing a geographic inquiry process skills scaleHülya Yiğit Özüdoğru0Nurcan Demiralp1Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli UniversityGazi UniversityThis study aimed to develop an assessment tool for determining the geographic inquiry process skills of 9th-12th grade high school students. A 36-item questionnaire was prepared to achieve this goal. The questionnaire was administered to 599 10th and 11th-grade students from five different school types in Ankara province of Turkey in 2019. In consequence of the exploratory and confirmatory analyses, the scale consisted of 22 items and 5 factors. These factors were named Posing Geographic Questions, Acquiring Geographic Information, Organising and Analysing Geographic Information, Answering Geographic Questions, and Communicating Geographic Information. The findings show that the scale is valid, reliable, and discriminative.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20004508.2020.1864883assessmentgeographic inquirygeography teachingself-efficacy scalegeography skill |
| spellingShingle | Hülya Yiğit Özüdoğru Nurcan Demiralp Developing a geographic inquiry process skills scale Education Inquiry assessment geographic inquiry geography teaching self-efficacy scale geography skill |
| title | Developing a geographic inquiry process skills scale |
| title_full | Developing a geographic inquiry process skills scale |
| title_fullStr | Developing a geographic inquiry process skills scale |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing a geographic inquiry process skills scale |
| title_short | Developing a geographic inquiry process skills scale |
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| topic | assessment geographic inquiry geography teaching self-efficacy scale geography skill |
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