[
    {
        "id": "osp-3169",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "The Effect of Using Cognitive Conflict Strategy on Correcting Geographical Misconceptions of Grade Ten Female Social Studies' Students and their Attitudes toward the Subject",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Al-Salmi",
                "given": "Fatma"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al Najar",
                "given": "Noor"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/the-effect-of-using-cognitive-conflict-strategy-on-correcting-geographical-misconceptions-of-grade-ten-female-social-studies-students-and-their-attitudes-toward-the-subject",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2019
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies",
        "volume": "13",
        "issue": "1",
        "page": "86-107",
        "DOI": "10.53543/jeps.vol13iss1pp86-107",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2218-6506",
        "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."
    }
]