2016
DOI: 10.1080/10382046.2016.1207991
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Changes in place location knowledge: a follow-up study in Arvika, Sweden, 1968 and 2013

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“…In geography, it is likely that girls outperform boys (as in environmental education, e.g., Boeve-de Pauw, Jacobs, & Van Petegem, 2014). However, boys perform better than girls when it comes to certain types of knowledge, for example, place names and locations (although gaps are narrowing in Sweden, see Hennerdal, 2016), which is in line with findings applicable to spatial thinking skills (Tomaszewski, Vodacek, Parody, & Holt, 2015). Butt, Weeden, and Wood (2004) show that boys do not perform as well as girls on written exams in geography.…”
Section: School and Assessment Performanceexplaining Gender Gapssupporting
confidence: 73%
“…In geography, it is likely that girls outperform boys (as in environmental education, e.g., Boeve-de Pauw, Jacobs, & Van Petegem, 2014). However, boys perform better than girls when it comes to certain types of knowledge, for example, place names and locations (although gaps are narrowing in Sweden, see Hennerdal, 2016), which is in line with findings applicable to spatial thinking skills (Tomaszewski, Vodacek, Parody, & Holt, 2015). Butt, Weeden, and Wood (2004) show that boys do not perform as well as girls on written exams in geography.…”
Section: School and Assessment Performanceexplaining Gender Gapssupporting
confidence: 73%
“…En sus conclusiones, recomiendan a los docentes que desarrollen con su alumnado ejercicios que conecten con su mundo de emociones. Hennerdal (2016) analiza cómo cambia con el tiempo la habilidad para localizar nombres geográficos en mapas en Arvika (Suecia), a tenor de los cambios sociales acontecidos y recomienda a las escuelas hacerse eco de este tipo de estudios para indagar en fórmulas de mejora. Las investigaciones sobre la jerarquía de los lugares también han dado lugar a indagaciones sobre métodos de estudio y actividades escolares para obtener mejores resultados académicos en el desarrollo del conocimiento geográfico (Storey, 2005).…”
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