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Title	The development and standardization of a map reading test for grade nine students in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador
Author	Laracy, Peter T.
Description	Thesis (M.Ed.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1985. Education
Date	1984
Pagination	xi, 380 leaves : ill., maps.
Subject	Maps--Study and teaching (Secondary)
Degree	M.Ed.
Degree Grantor	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Faculty of Education
Discipline	Education
Language	Eng
Notes	Bibliography: leaves 195-206.
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to develop and standardize a map reading test that could be used to assess the attainment of beginning grade nine students. The review of research and related literature pertaining to map skills indicated a need for assessment instruments to be relevant to local and regional skills objectives. -- Consequently, this researcher focused on the development of a test which assessed twenty-eight skill statements which had been formulated on the basis of a study of the curriculum guides and textbooks currently used in the social studies programs in the province of Newfoundland. The test attempted to assess student's ability in the use of direction, elevation, location, scale, grid systems and map interpretation. -- The following of test development procedures resulted in the creation of a revised form of the test based on suggestions from a professional cartographer, a testing expert, geography teachers, a social studies specialist and data obtained in trial testing of the instrument. -- Using a cluster sampling technique, the revised instrument was administered to two hundred twenty grade nine students in ten schools across nine different school boards in the province of Newfoundland. -- The analysis of test results involved computing mean percentage scores of all students in each skill area. On the test as a whole, the students' mean percentage score was sixty-six percent. A Kuder-Richardson 20 reliability coefficient of.89 was obtained for the test. Norms for the test were developed by transforming raw scores to T scores and percentile ranks. - The limitations of the study were discussed. Also, a number of suggestions for further research were presented. -- On the basis of the findings of the study, it was concluded that an instrument for assessing the map reading skills of beginning grade nine students had been developed that (a) was valid and reliable; (b) could be used to diagnose students' skill deficiencies; and (c) permitted comparison of students' performance with established norms.
Type	Text
Resource Type	Electronic thesis or dissertation
Format	Image/jpeg; Application/pdf
Source	Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier	75335199
Rights	The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection	Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Scanning Status	Completed
PDF File	(54.83 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Laracy_PeterT.pdf
CONTENTdm file name	62474.cpd