Repertoire and efficiency of students' strategies for general-reference maps
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F22%3A10444229" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/22:10444229 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=uWjHYlf0ao" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=uWjHYlf0ao</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11020138" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijgi11020138</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Repertoire and efficiency of students' strategies for general-reference maps
Original language description
Maps are not just powerful tools to communicate spatial information; they also have significant educational potential to develop students' knowledge, skills, and thinking. To fully exploit this potential, deep research is needed into map-use processes considering the variability of map types and the cognitive complexity of map operations. Whereas research on map reading is relatively common, the research into cognitively more demanding operations is lacking. Therefore, this study employed an eye-tracking experiment combined with a follow-up questionnaire with 20 upper-secondary students to examine the strategies students choose when analyzing general-reference maps. Specifically, attention is paid to the strategy repertoire, distribution, efficiency, and adaptiveness of strategy choice. Subsequently, the study is focused on students' perception of strategies. According to the results, participants used a rich repertoire of strategies (although many of them unconsciously) and adapted the strategy choice to task demands. The solution efficiency varied among task demands, as did the efficiency of individual strategies and their combinations. The research design allowed a comparison with earlier studies on strategies for thematic map use. The results should be of interest to cartographers (to design effective educational tools) and educators (to educate map users complexly and effectively).
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10508 - Physical geography
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information [online]
ISSN
2220-9964
e-ISSN
2220-9964
Volume of the periodical
11
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
138
UT code for WoS article
000778180700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85124834762