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Geographic Exposure

July 10, 2002 1 min read

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Students taking the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress in geography were asked the following:

How often have you studied the following geography skills and topics in school?

	Grade 8		Grade 12				Grade 8		Grade 12
	1994	2001	1994	2001			1994	2001	1994	2001
Using maps and globes	%	%	%	%		Countries and cultures	%	%	%	%
Almost every day	9	12*	7	6		Almost every day	23	31*	16	20*
Once or twice a week	30	34*	22	24		Once or twice a week	29	32*	26	32*
Once or twice a month	33	33	31	34*		Once or twice a month	28	24*	30	29
Never or hardly ever	28	21*	40	36*		Never or hardly ever	20	13*	28	19*
Natural resources	%	%	%	%		Environmental issues	%	%	%	%
Almost every day	9	9	7	7		Almost every day	12	11	11	11
Once or twice a week	21	24*	18	22*		Once or twice a week	21	24*	22	26*
Once or twice a month	36	35	31	32		Once or twice a month	33	33	30	33*
Never or hardly ever	34	32	45	39*		Never or hardly ever	34	32	37	30*

*Significantly different from 1994.

SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics. Ordering information for the geography NAEP can be found online at www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html.

A version of this article appeared in the July 10, 2002 edition of Education Week as Geographic Exposure

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