Abstract
While slides are commonly used to illustrate themes and concepts in regional geography courses, we argue that slide tests are also effective tools to test students' understanding of these themes and concepts. After briefly discussing the purpose for using slides, we check our classroom environment against visual screening standards. We outline procedures for testing with slides and generalize five pretest results. Then we consider the qualitative results derived from three formal examinations. Themes addressed in these examinations include wealth versus poverty, language diversity, housing characteristics, transportation modes, deforestation, and the Panama Canal. We consider areas of visual confusion and misinterpretation, and follow with suggestions for improving slide set tests. Finally, we suggest implications for analysis of slides scanned into computers.
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