Open AccessUSING THE VENN DIAGRAM IN PRIMARY EDUCATION
Author(s) -
Olga Chiș
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
romanian review of geographical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2285-939X
DOI - 10.23741/rrge220205
Subject(s) - venn diagram , disadvantage , competence (human resources) , mathematics education , primary education , cognition , pedagogy , psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , social psychology , neuroscience
During the primary education, students do many exercises in which they analyse and compare elements of the environment and sets of elements. An effective technique that can be used for this purpose is to draw the Venn diagram. The aim of the research is to find the answer to some questions regarding the use of this diagram in primary education: What subjects and topics can be used? What support materials can be used? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using it? What other similar graphic or cognitive organisers can be used? These questions were answered in structured interviews by nine primary school teachers and a university professor with expertise in teaching geography. We came to some conclusions: the teachers suggested the students to complete most of the Venn diagrams during the Romanian language and literature, Geography, and Science classes; the activities took place not only during the different stages of the lesson, but also at home; not only support texts and various visual materials, but also the pupils’ and students’ previous knowledge were used; the compared topics were very different, with varying degrees of complexity; the key benefits of the students were the development of the competence to compare on the basis of criteria of some objects intended for knowledge and the representation of the compared results (specific and common aspects) concisely; the greatest disadvantage was identifying and charting the criteria on which the comparison was made.