An Investigation And Analysis On Learning Strategies In Geography Which Middle School Students Employ

Learning strategies is a procedure to point the learner to study effectively in study activity, rule, method, and technique and adjust to control the way. Concerning studies show that: The utilizing kinds and frequency in the learning strategy can distinguish effective from inefficient learner; Utilizing the learning strategy properly can help improve one' s school achievement in geography; The strategies utilizing training on students can be channeled into the teaching in geography. Since the 1970' s, the research on learning strategies has been paid close attention. However, learning strategies in research are mostly about general strategies, that is, cognitive and metacognitive strategies suitable for any course and any form, not connecting with particular knowledge. As to the learning strategies connected with certain course especially the learning strategy in geography, people seldom involve in research, let alone the study to learning strategies in geography of students during the period of elementary education.This research mainly adopted the questionnaire investigates method, in which the geographic learning strategy questionnaire, revised in accordance with observations, interviews and related literatures. The questionnaire divides the learning strategy in geography into 5 types, that is, metacognitive learning strategy, geography information choice strategy, geography information codes strategy, geography thinking strategy, and geography course characteristics learning strategy. Each type establishes some items, totally 48 articles. The subjects, totally 1147 students of middle school, were from 4 cities of Shandong Province by means of the stratified random sampling, and administering the questionnaires to a class each time collects the data.The findings of this research indicate that the overall level of learning strategies in geography that senior middle school student' s employ is lower. The detail results are as follows:1. Significant gender difference is shown in the overall level of learning strategies in geography that senior middle school students employ.2. Singnificant grade difference is show in the level of learning strategies in geography employed by senior middle school students.3. Very significant difference is show in the usage level between the students' high scorers and low scorer.Such results have been discussed in this thesis, on the certain degree reflecting our students' characteristic in geographical learning strategies.The result above expresses, learning strategy in geography on the certain degree can self-moving winning, but the gain of systematic and good strategies still calls for the patient educating and training of vast numbers of geography teachers. So, aim at the study characteristics and present condition of the strategy application of the senior high school students, this research points out, promoting the level of students in using geographical learning strategies and increasing attainment the teachers first change their educational idea and the students changes their academic idea at the same time. It can promote the study in the geographical knowledge availably that having the students trained consciously in geographical learning strategies. Because the effectiveness of strategies training is restricted by many factors, the teachers should let the students evaluate whether their strategies are successful or not according to metacognitive strategies, then guide them to choose own valid strategies, and according to the characteristics to adjust strategies in different stage, and make them controlling strategies gradually in imperceptible influence, develop the good study habit.