Abstract The goal of the present study was to characterize high school students’ (n = 338) exposure to geospatial technologies and investigate factors predicting enrollment in a GIS course. Students who reported using GIS were almost 10 times more likely to enroll than students without experience using GIS. Males were more than 3 times more likely to enroll than females. Spatial skills, but not beliefs about spatial ability, also predicted enrollment. These results underscore the importance of providing opportunities for students to use geospatial technologies as a pathway to students’ future learning and training for GIS related careers.

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高中生在地理信息系统方面的经验和预测地理空间学期入学的因素

摘要 本研究的目标是描述高中生 (n = 338) 接触地理空间技术的特征，并调查预测 GIS 课程入学率的因素。报告使用 GIS 的学生注册的可能性几乎是没有使用 GIS 经验的学生的 10 倍。男性入学的可能性是女性的 3 倍以上。空间技能，但不是对空间能力的信念，也预测了入学率。这些结果强调了为学生提供机会使用地理空间技术作为学生未来学习和 GIS 相关职业培训途径的重要性。