Original scientific paper

TEACHING METHODS AND EIGHTH GRADE PUPIL ACHIEVEMENT IN GEOGRAPHY IN ITEMS WITH GRAPHIC SUPPLEMENTS

Biljana Vranković ; National Centre for External Evaluation of Education, Petračićeva 4, Zagreb

Abstract

This paper analyses geography teacher assessment of the frequency of the use of teaching methods in teaching geography with special emphasis on the application of graphic methods, demonstration methods and eighth grade pupil achievements in the Republic of Croatia on the external evaluation exam in items with graphic supplements. The test questions that pupils answered with the help of accompanying graphic supplements and test questions without accompanying graphic supplements were compared. The average score of success in solving test questions with accompanying graphic supplements was about 10 percentage points lower than the average score of success in solving other test questions on the external evaluation exam conducted among eighth grade pupils in the 2007/2008 school year on a sample of 21,485 pupils. The objective of this paper is to raise awareness of the importance of applying graphic methods and demonstration methods in teaching geography and through an analysis of errors made by pupils on test questions accompanied by graphic supplements, in order to propose guidelines to improve learning results. Geography teachers attributed the greatest importance in improving the effectiveness of teaching geography content to computer-aided learning and demonstration methods.

Keywords

external evaluation; pupil achievement; teaching methods; graphic methods; demonstration method

Hrčak ID:

140977

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/140977

Publication date:

1.10.2014.

Article data in other languages: croatian

Visits: 3.291 *