Module development on geography learning to enable spatial thinking using GIS approach : primary school student / Nurain Wadhihah Mohd Nazri

Geography is an important subject that needs to be learned by primary students. The issue is the limited exposure to the geography and spatial thinking element in primary school since the geography subject is starting to be learned in high school. The effect of this limitation is that the primary students lack basic knowledge of geography. Using the Geographical Information System (GIS) platform, learning geography can be more interactive and increase the student’s spatial thinking. This study proposes a geography module that integrates spatial elements for primary school. The objectives of this study are i. to determine spatial thinking elements to be adopted in geography learning using the GIS platform, ii. to identify attractive Geography learning through the proposed GIS Geography module, and iii. to assess the student acceptance of the proposed module The module on geography learning was developed using the GIS platform, Google Earth. Spatial thinking elements such as distance, direction, location, coordinate, boundary, region, area, and shape were adapted into the modules. Explore World Through Google Earth platform, webinars were held on 23 April 2022 to collect the questionnaire data. The data from the questionnaire has been used to analyse the student’s acceptance and knowledge assessment of the module using SPSS software. Paired sample t-tests are used in this study to investigate the student’s acceptance and the student knowledge assessment. The user acceptance of this module is high, 0.001 and 0.002, and the student knowledge assessment is improved since the statistical value is 0.001. This study helps the primary student to expose the roles of geography in their daily life through GIS and enhance their spatial thinking through the sharing session.