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ERIC ED137192: Misplaced Nations: Student Perception of Nation Location.

College students from colleges and universities throughout the United States were surveyed about the location of the world's 50 most populous countries. Over 3,300 responses were examined to determine the perceived geographic range of given countries, the regional degree of accuracy among students, and the overall significance of response errors. As a group the students were able to locate less than half of the countries. Data for 35 countries are presented in this paper. Most accurately identified were the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, U.S.S.R., and Australia. Countries about which st…