Student interviews were consistent with the quantitative findings: experiment group students reported excitement and goal achievement, while two control group students reported being unable to achieve their learning goal¶

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Subclaims¶

q1 i? All interviewed experiment group participants said they achieved their main learning goal, and interviews revealed excitement about learning GIS. → Soon Singh Bikar Singh 2016 q1 i? Two control group interviewees said the activities were unable to motivate them or enhance their learning goal. → Soon Singh Bikar Singh 2016 (2)

Evidence¶

Soon Singh Bikar Singh 2016¶

Soon Singh Bikar Singh, Balan Rathakrishnan, Sabariah Sharif, Rosy Talin, Oliver Valentine Eboy. (2016). The Effects of Geography Information System (GIS) Based Teaching on Underachieving Students' Mastery Goal and Achievement. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 15(4). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1117621

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Thematic analysis of standardized open-ended interviews with five experiment group students, conducted after the eight-week intervention; all interviewed experiment participants (100%) said they had achieved their main goal in the class.

"The experiment group student interviews revealed they were excited to learn about GIS. This was because they participated actively in every activity conducted by the teache r in the classroom."

Soon Singh Bikar Singh 2016 (2)¶

Soon Singh Bikar Singh, Balan Rathakrishnan, Sabariah Sharif, Rosy Talin, Oliver Valentine Eboy. (2016). The Effects of Geography Information System (GIS) Based Teaching on Underachieving Students' Mastery Goal and Achievement. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 15(4). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1117621

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Interviews with five control group students selected for highest post-test scores; the article states this indicated traditional teaching methods had a moderate effect on control participants' mastery goal. Two interviewees reported difficulty understanding lessons.

"However, two of the participants confessed that they were unable to achieve their learning goal because they were unable to understand the lessons delivered in the classroom."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Achievement Goal Orientation — outcome: instruction changes it

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