Student- and School-Level Predictors of Geography Achievement in the United States, 1994–2018

Solem, Michael; Vaughan, Phillip W.; Savage, Corey; Nadai, Alessandro S. De

doi:10.1080/00221341.2021.2000009

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“…Indeed, the unequal distribution in the gender of interviewees may have an impact on this result, deserving further study. The results also indicate that students from urban areas have higher academic achievement in geography, which is consistent with previous studies (Lembani et al, 2020 ; Solem et al, 2021 ; Bourke et al, 2022 ). In fact, there are some studies showing that city life offers more real experience related to geography curriculum or fieldwork (Cook et al, 2006 ; Wilson et al, 2017 ), promoting the development of geographical knowledge and skills (Simm and Marvell, 2015 ).…”

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“…Many studies revealed that academic achievement in geography is associated with gender (Filgona and Sababa, 2017 ; Herrera et al, 2020 ; Makowsky and Martin, 2021 ). Solem et al ( 2021 ) stated that there is a statistically significant relationship between gender and academic achievement in geography in each assessment year based on the data from NAEP. However, few available studies have focused on the connection between sense of place and academic achievement in geography (Marvell and Simm, 2016 ).…”

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“…As for the residential address noted, several studies have highlighted the significant impact of it on academic achievement in geography (Sivak et al, 2017 ; Boateng et al, 2021 ). Differences in region and urbanicity have been proved to exert significant influences on academic achievement in geography (Solem et al, 2021 ).…”

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The Mediating and Buffering Effect of Creativity on the Relationship Between Sense of Place and Academic Achievement in Geography

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Front. Psychol.

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PurposeThis study explored the relationship between sense of place and academic achievement in geography and used a mediation model to verify the mediating role of creativity in this relationship.MethodsA total of 1,037 upper secondary school students were surveyed using the Sense of Place Scale, the Innovative Behavior Scale, and their geography test scores. 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 creativity.Results(1) The correlation analysis showed that sense of place has a positive effect on academic achievement in geography and is related to creativity. Moreover, creativity exerts a positive effect on academic achievement in geography (2). The results of mediation analysis indicated that creativity plays mediating and buffering roles in the relationship between sense of place and academic achievement in geography after controlling for gender and residential address. The direct and indirect effects accounted for 65.708 and 34.292% of the total effect, respectively.ConclusionsThe results indicated that sense of place affected not only academic achievement in geography directly but also creativity indirectly. This conclusion provides certain ideas for the development of geography curriculums. Since academic achievement in geography is related to both sense of place and creativity, it is necessary to pay more attention to integrating sense of place in geography education and to foster creativity in curriculum development and teaching of geography.

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The Mediating and Buffering Effect of Creativity on the Relationship Between Sense of Place and Academic Achievement in Geography

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Ma³

et al. 2022

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“…Academic achievement in geography has also received significant global attention as a part of the academic achievement of students in the curriculum. The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) of the United States has repeatedly conducted geography assessments to evaluate trends in students' academic achievement in geography (Solem et al, 2021), and increased academic achievement in geography helps develop students' critical, creative thinking (Sugiyanto et al, 2021). In the GeoCapabilities project, sponsored by the European Union's Comenius Program, academic achievement in geography is linked to imagination and reasoning skills (Lambert and Jones, 2017).…”

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“…Also, family is considered to be a critical factor influencing the academic achievement in geography (An et al, 2019). For example, Solem et al (2021) identified that the amount of books collected in the home and the education level of the parents predicted students ' geographic achievement. Bravo Sanzana et al (2017) discovered that family cultural capital has an impact on children's achievement acquisition in geography.…”

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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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NAEP Geography: What Was Expected and What Was Learned

Stoltman

2021

Journal of Geography

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Student- and School-Level Predictors of Geography Achievement in the United States, 1994–2018

Cited by 17 publications

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The Mediating and Buffering Effect of Creativity on the Relationship Between Sense of Place and Academic Achievement in Geography

The Mediating and Buffering Effect of Creativity on the Relationship Between Sense of Place and Academic Achievement in Geography

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

NAEP Geography: What Was Expected and What Was Learned

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