A Geospatial Thinking Multiyear Study

Carrera, Carlos Carbonell; Saorín, José Luis; Medler, Stephany Hess

doi:10.3390/su12114586

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“…Similar studies have shown that geospatial thinking helps students understand geographical data and influences the acquisition of geospatial knowledge (Perugini and Bodzin, 2020). And beyond that, individuals with strong geospatial thinking tend to succeed in the study (Carbonell-Carrera et al, 2020). In general, students' geospatial thinking can affect their academic achievement in geography (Aliman et al, 2019).…”

Section: Geospatial Thinkingmentioning

confidence: 82%

The mediating effect of geospatial thinking on the relationship between family capital and academic achievement in geography

Zhang

Su²,

Liang³

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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PurposeFamily environment has the major impact on children’s academic development. The aim of this study was to research the relationship between family capital and academic achievement in geography. Further, geospatial thinking, as a form of spatial thinking focusing on the scale of the geographical environment, is closely related to family environment and academic achievement in geography. Thus, the study was more specifically to apply a mediation model to explore the potential mediating role of geospatial thinking.MethodsA total of 1,037 upper-secondary-school students in Western China were surveyed using t the Family Capital Questionnaire and the Geospatial Thinking Test Questionnaire. SPSS (version 26.0) was used for descriptive statistical analysis and correlation analysis. The PROCESS plug-in (version 4.0) was used to test the mediating effect of geospatial thinking.Results(1) The correlation analysis showed that family capital has a positive effect on academic achievement in geography and is related to geospatial thinking. Moreover, geospatial thinking exerts a positive effect on academic achievement in geography. (2) The results of mediation analysis indicated that geospatial thinking plays mediating and buffering roles in the relationship between family capital and academic achievement in geography after controlling for family residence and gender. The direct and indirect effects accounted for 75.32% and 24.68% of the total effect, respectively.ConclusionThe results indicated that family capital not only affected academic achievement in geography directly but also indirectly through geospatial thinking. This finding provides some ideas for the development of geography education, which suggests that geography educators need to pay more attention to the influence of the family environment on students’ geography learning in curriculum design and teaching processes. Also, the mediating role of geospatial thinking further uncovers the mechanisms underlying the academic achievement in geography. Therefore, it is necessary to focus on both students’ family capital and geospatial thinking in the process of geography learning, and carry out more geospatial thinking training to improve academic achievement in geography.

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Section: Geospatial Thinkingmentioning

confidence: 82%

The mediating effect of geospatial thinking on the relationship between family capital and academic achievement in geography

Zhang

Su²,

Liang³

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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“…Firstly, the three-dimensional modeling of the blocks and molds was performed using computational resources from the SketchUp PRO 2017 software, version 17.0.18899 64-bit for the construction of the desired geometries and 3D visualization [36,37].…”

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Manufacture and Characterization of Polypropylene (PP) and High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Blocks for Potential Use as Masonry Component in Civil Construction

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The lack of suitable destinations for plastics materials can be a global environmental problem. The alternative use of materials for sustainable construction encourages the standardization of waste and promotes effective social, environmental and economic gains at the local level and ensures savings and income for communities. The aim of this paper is the development, manufacture, and characterization of PP and HDPE recycled polyolefin blocks as masonry components in civil construction. These blocks were manufactured by the rotational molding process. Besides this, the mechanical, physical, impact and flammability properties of the blocks were studied. In conclusion, HDPE showed better behavior than PP in tests realized.

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“…Therefore, in comparison with conventional education, STEM education improves by considering and reinforcing SI (28). This turns SI into a major component in STEM education, and many studies emphasized the importance of this integration (29,30,31).…”

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Implementation of a Machine Learning Approach to Model and Assess Student Spatial Intelligence for Advancing STEM Education

Zafari,

Koochi,

Sadeghi-Niaraki

et al. 2023

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Spatial intelligence (SI) is the leverage that helps students to have a deeper understanding of concepts of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and obtain outstanding academic achievement in STEM. The main objective of this research is to find effective factors in SI. Then, based on those factors, a machine learning (ML) model is developed for estimating students’ SI. To do that, data of 40 features such as demographic, behavioral, environmental and interest were collected from 396 high school students. Chi2, Boruta and Genetic algorithms were employed for identifying the most important features. Subsequently, 18 features were used to develop ML models. The ML models (Random Forest, Support Vector Machines, Multi-Layer Perceptron) achieved accuracy rates of 0.89, 0.84, and 0.78 on the test set. The stack model further increased accuracy to 0.92. The findings of this research have important implications in STEM. The model can estimate students' academic achievement in STEM by measuring their SI and using this for major selection, reducing the dropout rate, predicting student performance, and identifying and helping weaker students. Furthermore, by improving students' SI using the identified features, the quality of education can be enhanced, leading to more efficient and effective learning outcomes for students.

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A Geospatial Thinking Multiyear Study

Cited by 12 publications

References 48 publications

The mediating effect of geospatial thinking on the relationship between family capital and academic achievement in geography

The mediating effect of geospatial thinking on the relationship between family capital and academic achievement in geography

Manufacture and Characterization of Polypropylene (PP) and High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Blocks for Potential Use as Masonry Component in Civil Construction

Implementation of a Machine Learning Approach to Model and Assess Student Spatial Intelligence for Advancing STEM Education

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