The Puerto Rican Flag - A Study in Vexillology
This study tests Puerto Ricans' knowledge about the national and municipal flag, since it is known that teaching with flags is part of the social studies standards of the island. Two questionnaires were provided to 50 participants to test their knowledge of the national, municipal and Latin Ame...
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| description | This study tests Puerto Ricans' knowledge about the national and municipal flag, since it is known that teaching with flags is part of the social studies standards of the island. Two questionnaires were provided to 50 participants to test their knowledge of the national, municipal and Latin American flags. For the national and municipal flags, the participants were asked to provide the symbolism. A total of 96% drew the national flag correctly, although no one identified all the symbolisms correctly. Only 2% of the participants identified all Latin American flags correctly. A Chi-square test was performed to test if flag knowledge and level of education were independent variables. The test value was 0.30 which is greater than the P > 0.10; therefore, the null hypothesis was accepted: Ho = the level of schooling of the participants and their knowledge of the Puerto Rican flag are independent. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ef171928a1d84723a19811c526631d902023-02-15T16:22:06ZengOpenED NetworkResearch in Social Sciences and Technology2468-68912018-10-013310.46303/ressat.03.03.4The Puerto Rican Flag - A Study in VexillologyCarlos A. Morales-Ramirez0National University of SingaporeThis study tests Puerto Ricans' knowledge about the national and municipal flag, since it is known that teaching with flags is part of the social studies standards of the island. Two questionnaires were provided to 50 participants to test their knowledge of the national, municipal and Latin American flags. For the national and municipal flags, the participants were asked to provide the symbolism. A total of 96% drew the national flag correctly, although no one identified all the symbolisms correctly. Only 2% of the participants identified all Latin American flags correctly. A Chi-square test was performed to test if flag knowledge and level of education were independent variables. The test value was 0.30 which is greater than the P > 0.10; therefore, the null hypothesis was accepted: Ho = the level of schooling of the participants and their knowledge of the Puerto Rican flag are independent.https://ressat.org/index.php/ressat/article/view/369Puerto Ricovexillologymunicipal flagsflag knowledgeLatin American flagseducation |
| spellingShingle | Carlos A. Morales-Ramirez The Puerto Rican Flag - A Study in Vexillology Research in Social Sciences and Technology Puerto Rico vexillology municipal flags flag knowledge Latin American flags education |
| title | The Puerto Rican Flag - A Study in Vexillology |
| title_full | The Puerto Rican Flag - A Study in Vexillology |
| title_fullStr | The Puerto Rican Flag - A Study in Vexillology |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Puerto Rican Flag - A Study in Vexillology |
| title_short | The Puerto Rican Flag - A Study in Vexillology |
| title_sort | puerto rican flag a study in vexillology |
| topic | Puerto Rico vexillology municipal flags flag knowledge Latin American flags education |
| url | https://ressat.org/index.php/ressat/article/view/369 |
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