Author, as appears in the article.: Serrano Gine, David Saladie Gil, Sergi Adrian Misaras, Razvan

Department: Geografia

URV's Author/s: SERRANO GINÉ, DAVID

Keywords: Spatial thinking Space place names Geographic knowledge Ebro Delta Cognitive mapping

Abstract: This article demonstrates the importance of cognitive mapping to assess geographic knowledge and spatial thinking. The study was carried out with a sample population comprising 132 A2-level students from five secondary schools of the Ebro Delta who were asked to record place names and landmarks on a blank map. Cartographic analyses revealed a number of spatial cognition issues. The results show that students have good geographic knowledge but find it difficult to display such knowledge on a detailed map due to weak spatial skills.

Research group: GRATET. Anàlisi Territorial i Estudis Turístics

Thematic Areas: Revistas De Historia Y Filosofía Geography, Planning and Development Geografia i Urbanisme Earth-Surface Processes

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Author's mail: david.serrano@urv.cat

ISSN: 02121573

Author identifier: 0000-0003-1676-7110

Record's date: 2020-07-16

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://dag.revista.uab.es/article/view/v63-n1-serrano-saladie-misaras

Papper original source: DOCUMENTS D´ ANALISI GEOGRAFICA. (ISSN/ISBN: 02121573). 63(1): 103-127

APA: David Serrano Giné;Sergi Saladié Gil;Razvan Adrian Misaras (2017). Geographic knowledge and spatial thinking using cognitive mapping: A test with advanced-level students from the Ebro Delta [Coneixement del territori i raonament espacial mitjançant cartografia cognitiva: Un assaig amb estudiants de batxillerat del delta. DOCUMENTS D' ANALISI GEOGRAFICA, 63(1), 103-127. DOI: 10.5565/rev/dag.249

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Article's DOI: 10.5565/rev/dag.249

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2017

Publication Type: Journal Publications