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Achievements of Pupils in the Republic of Croatia in the Geography Exam at the State Graduation Exam

The state graduation exam in the Republic of Croatia has been implemented since 2010 and it consists of a mandatory and elective part. Geography is an elective subject at the state graduation exam that is taken by candidates whose only purpose is to meet one of the requirements for continued education, i.e. enrolment into desired study program. The goal of the paper is to determine the state of achievements of tested outcomes of pupils taking the Geography exam, and the analysis of determined contents of examination general geography, social geography, regional geography of the world and Croatian geography. Based on the analysis of continued monitoring (from the school year 2009/2010 to 2016/2017) of state graduation exam results in Geography, the authors attempted to answer some of the following key questions: What are the achievements of candidates at the end of secondary education? What is the structure of students applying for the Geography exam in the State Graduation Exam with regard to the finished secondary school? Are there any changes in average achievements? Are there any differences in pupils’ achievements according to cognitive levels of knowledge and according to tested fields? Are there differences between the acquired geography knowledge and the development of geographic skills, especially cartographic literacy? The paper contributes to the development of educational geography that, amongst else, explains the rules of acquiring geographic knowledge and skills, as well as achievements of pupils at certain education levels and in life-long learning. The paper applies the methods of qualitative and quantitative analysis of tested elements.

Geography, Educational Geography, State Graduation Exam, Pupils’ achievements

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