Learning Geography Promotes Learning Math: Results and Implications of Arizona's GeoMath Grade K-8 Program

Linking geography to reading and English language learners’ achievement in US elementary and middle school classrooms

“…Multistate research revealed significant increases in reading comprehension in most elementary grades from the teaching of GeoLiteracy lessons (Hinde et al, 2007). These findings are consistent with a body of evidence revealing that integrating the curriculum increases student achievement in the tested skill areas of math and reading (D'Agostino, Borman, Hedges, & Wong, 1998;Dorn et al, 2005).…”

Interdisciplinarity in Teacher Education: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Educational Innovation Project

“…Currently, the implementation of an interdisciplinary approach across all stages of the education system is a challenge both for teachers and for those who are educating the teachers. The majority of interdisciplinary projects have been carried out within elementary education [12][13][14][15] or secondary education [16][17][18][19], but interdisciplinary proposals have been implemented within general university education [20,21], and specifically within teacher education [22][23][24][25]. However, these proposals are not enough if we consider that in many education systems the school curriculum is compartmentalised in unrelated subjects.…”

Interdisciplinary Mathematics Education: A State of the Art

“…This led to a significant increase in students meeting required standards on standardized mathematics tests, and encouraged a number of the undergraduate students to pursue teaching careers. Dorn et al (2005) assessed GeoMath, an interdisciplinary unit of Geography and Mathematics introduced in order to combat the declining classroom time dedicated to geography teaching, especially in grades K-8 in the US. The GeoMath themed interdisciplinary unit consists of 80 lessons that were taught by 28 teachers in 113 pilot classrooms that mirror Arizona's diverse demographics.…”