{"id":7830,"date":"2008-07-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.comnews\/majority-of-sixth-graders-nationwide-cant-place-kyushu-prefectures\/"},"modified":"2008-07-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-03T00:00:00","slug":"majority-of-sixth-graders-nationwide-cant-place-kyushu-prefectures","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/majority-of-sixth-graders-nationwide-cant-place-kyushu-prefectures\/","title":{"rendered":"<!--:en-->Majority of Sixth Graders Nationwide Can&#8217;t Place Kyushu Prefectures<!--:--><!--:ja-->Majority of Sixth Graders Nationwide Can&#8217;t Place Kyushu Prefectures<!--:--><!--:ko-->Majority of Sixth Graders Nationwide Can&#8217;t Place Kyushu Prefectures<!--:--><!--:zh-->Majority of Sixth Graders Nationwide Can&#8217;t Place Kyushu Prefectures<!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en--><\/p>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<div id=\"img_area\">\n<div id=\"img\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The National Institute for Educational Policy Research conducted a survey of Japanese sixth graders which revealed that with the exception of Kagoshima Prefecture, more than half of the students were unable to properly place the Kyushu prefectures on a map. The two prefectures often mistaken were Fukuoka and Miyazaki Prefectures. Their location was improperly identified by only 41.8% and 40.1% of the students respectively. The Institute thinks Kyushu might present problems for the students because they tend to memorize prefectural locations in order starting from the north and working south.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--:--><!--:ja--><\/p>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<div id=\"img_area\">\n<div id=\"img\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The National Institute for Educational Policy Research conducted a survey of Japanese sixth graders which revealed that with the exception of Kagoshima Prefecture, more than half of the students were unable to properly place the Kyushu prefectures on a map. The two prefectures often mistaken were Fukuoka and Miyazaki Prefectures. Their location was improperly identified by only 41.8% and 40.1% of the students respectively. The Institute thinks Kyushu might present problems for the students because they tend to memorize prefectural locations in order starting from the north and working south.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--:--><!--:ko--><\/p>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<div id=\"img_area\">\n<div id=\"img\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The National Institute for Educational Policy Research conducted a survey of Japanese sixth graders which revealed that with the exception of Kagoshima Prefecture, more than half of the students were unable to properly place the Kyushu prefectures on a map. The two prefectures often mistaken were Fukuoka and Miyazaki Prefectures. Their location was improperly identified by only 41.8% and 40.1% of the students respectively. The Institute thinks Kyushu might present problems for the students because they tend to memorize prefectural locations in order starting from the north and working south.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--:--><!--:zh--><\/p>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<div id=\"img_area\">\n<div id=\"img\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The National Institute for Educational Policy Research conducted a survey of Japanese sixth graders which revealed that with the exception of Kagoshima Prefecture, more than half of the students were unable to properly place the Kyushu prefectures on a map. The two prefectures often mistaken were Fukuoka and Miyazaki Prefectures. Their location was improperly identified by only 41.8% and 40.1% of the students respectively. The Institute thinks Kyushu might present problems for the students because they tend to memorize prefectural locations in order starting from the north and working south.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Institute for Educational Policy Research conducted a survey of Japanese sixth graders which revealed that with the exception of Kagoshima Prefecture, more than half of the students were unable to properly place the Kyushu prefectures on a map. The two prefectures often mistaken were Fukuoka and Miyazaki Prefectures. 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