Geospatial information systems in the formation of cognitive general educational activities of students: a case of teaching the topic “Africa” in the 7th grade

The article discusses the issue of developing students’ cognitive universal educational skills through the use of geoinformation systems in geography lessons. In today’s information-rich environment, students must be able to organize their learning and self-study independently. Therefore, one of the main goals of modern education is to develop universal (meta-disciplinary) skills, which form the basis for learning abilities. Based on this, the goal of the study is to develop a methodology for promoting cognitive universal skills in geography classes using GIS (Geographic Information Systems) technologies. The example used is the topic «Africa» for seventh-grade students.

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