Advanced Placement Human Geography: The First Five Years

Autor/inn/en	Gray, Paul T., Jr.; Hidlebrant, Barbara S.; Strauss, Tim R.
Titel	Advanced Placement Human Geography: The First Five Years
Quelle	In: Journal of Geography, 105 (2006) 3, S.99-107 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1341
Schlagwörter	Human Geography; Geography Instruction; Advanced Placement Programs; Academic Achievement; High Schools; Higher Education; Educational Trends; College Curriculum; Careers; Curriculum Development; Articulation (Education); United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Humangeografie; Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Schulleistung; High school; Oberschule; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsentwicklung; Career; Karriere; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; USA
Abstract	Advanced Placement Human Geography (APHG) has grown steadily from 3,272 tests at the first test administration in 2001 to 14,139 tests in 2005. This paper examines the dynamics of growth throughout the United States through numbers of students and numbers of high schools involved in the program. APHG is discussed relative to the establishment of college-level standards for human geography and performance of APHG students using those standards as performance criteria for the AP examination. This paper suggests that geography education in the United States has benefited from AP Human Geography, and the geography community has an opportunity to encourage AP Human Geography students to build on their Advanced Placement (AP) experience in higher-level college geography courses and geography careers. (Author).
Anmerkungen	National Council for Geographic Education. Jacksonville State University, 206A Martin Hall, Jacksonville, AL 36265-1602. Tel: 256-782-5293; Fax: 256-782-5336; e-mail: ncge@ncge.org; Web site: http://www.ncge.org/publications/journal/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10