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Evaluation of Real-Time Weather Map Discussions in the Middle School Classroom

Myers, Vanessa
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1240258414

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2009, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Geography.
Few published studies have examined whether K-12 students actually understand and retain information from different meteorological outreach programs. As outreach activities continue to expand, it is important to assess how students understand and learn weather, so that more effective outreach programs can be created. The goal of this thesis was to evaluate the use of current surface weather map discussions as an aid to students understanding of weather fundamentals. A total of 531 seventh-grade students and 5 teachers from 2 schools in Stark County, Ohio participated in the study. Students were divided into “map” and “no map” groups, with the “map” group receiving the standard textbook curriculum plus daily exposure to current weather map discussions. The students in the “no map” group only received the standard textbook curriculum. The expectation was that while both groups would improve, the map group would improve significantly more. The improvement of the “map” group was not statistically significantly greater than the improvement of the “no map” group. However, when the assessments were broken down by individual questions, there were areas where the “map” group improved more. Findings from this study advanced understanding of how students comprehend weather and provided insight on how to proceed in future studies.
Scott Sheridan, PhD (Advisor)
Thomas Schmidlin, PhD (Committee Member)
Ute Dymon, PhD (Committee Member)
126 p.
Geography; Science Education
meteorology; education; geography; weather maps

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  • Myers, V. (2009). Evaluation of Real-Time Weather Map Discussions in the Middle School Classroom [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1240258414

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Myers, Vanessa. Evaluation of Real-Time Weather Map Discussions in the Middle School Classroom. 2009. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1240258414.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Myers, Vanessa. "Evaluation of Real-Time Weather Map Discussions in the Middle School Classroom." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1240258414

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