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Ediger, Ruth. "Teaching the World: Knowing the Location of the Nation-States Using a Computer Based Geoquiz Program" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC, Feb 18, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p101382_index.html>

Ediger, R. , 2006-02-18 "Teaching the World: Knowing the Location of the Nation-States Using a Computer Based Geoquiz Program" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p101382_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Students are notoriously ignorant of the location of the world�s countries. In order to shore up this deficit, when I first started teaching I implemented a technique that one of my former undergraduate professors used in her class. In order to pass her classes she required students to pass six geoquizzes testing our knowledge of the location of all of the world�s countries. During my first years teaching I employed the same technology and techniques I saw demonstrated, using black and white overheads of each continent with political boundaries drawn and numbers written in erasable overhead marker to indicate which nation-states the students were to identify for that test. This method worked but was graphically limiting and the interactive learning was minimal. With the help of the computer experts on our campus I began to devise a computer based geoquiz program and found this �video game� approach appealed to students to a greater extent. The new program is also easily put onto Blackboard (a computer based course management system) to facilitate student access. Using student grades and a questionnaire that focuses on the computer based technology, this research examines the effectiveness of the computer based geoquizzes as an interactive learning tool.

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