Abstract
The study aimed to investigate grade-ten Social Studies students' perceptions of geographical concepts. It analyzed the effect of the cognitive-conflict strategies on correcting students' geographical misconceptions and their attitudes toward Social Studies. The study sample consisted of 51 grade-ten female students from Al-Batinah-North schools. The sample was divided into two groups: an experimental group n= 25 and a control group n=26. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researchers used a semi-experimental design and designed and used two instruments: the first was a geographical-concept test, consisted of 20 multiple-choice items, the other was an attitude scale towards the subject, consisted of 22 items. The results of the study revealed that the students had a deficiency in understanding the geographical concepts. There were statistically significant differences at a=0.05 between the score average of the experimental group of students who took the post concepts test. However, there were no statistically significant differences at a=0.05 in the students’ attitudes towards the subject. The study highlighted the importance of the use of alternative perceptions for geographical concepts and fixing them using new teaching strategies.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.53543/jeps.vol13iss1pp86-107
- Journal
- Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, 13(1), 86-107
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Unknown
Cite this article
APA 7
Al-Salmi, F., & Al Najar, N. (2019). The Effect of Using Cognitive Conflict Strategy on Correcting Geographical Misconceptions of Grade Ten Female Social Studies' Students and their Attitudes toward the Subject. Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, 13(1), 86-107. https://doi.org/10.53543/jeps.vol13iss1pp86-107
MLA 9
Al-Salmi, Fatma, and Noor Al Najar. "The Effect of Using Cognitive Conflict Strategy on Correcting Geographical Misconceptions of Grade Ten Female Social Studies' Students and their Attitudes toward the Subject." Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, vol. 13, no. 1, 2019, pp. 86-107. https://doi.org/10.53543/jeps.vol13iss1pp86-107.
Chicago (author–date)
Al-Salmi, Fatma, and Noor Al Najar. 2019. "The Effect of Using Cognitive Conflict Strategy on Correcting Geographical Misconceptions of Grade Ten Female Social Studies' Students and their Attitudes toward the Subject." Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies 13 (1): 86-107. https://doi.org/10.53543/jeps.vol13iss1pp86-107.
Harvard
Al-Salmi, F. and Al Najar, N. (2019) 'The Effect of Using Cognitive Conflict Strategy on Correcting Geographical Misconceptions of Grade Ten Female Social Studies' Students and their Attitudes toward the Subject', Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, 13(1), pp. 86-107. doi:10.53543/jeps.vol13iss1pp86-107.
Vancouver
Al-Salmi F, Al Najar N. The Effect of Using Cognitive Conflict Strategy on Correcting Geographical Misconceptions of Grade Ten Female Social Studies' Students and their Attitudes toward the Subject. Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies. 2019;13(1):86-107. doi:10.53543/jeps.vol13iss1pp86-107
IEEE
F. Al-Salmi, and N. Al Najar, "The Effect of Using Cognitive Conflict Strategy on Correcting Geographical Misconceptions of Grade Ten Female Social Studies' Students and their Attitudes toward the Subject," Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 86-107, 2019, doi: 10.53543/jeps.vol13iss1pp86-107.