An Interdisciplinary Guided Inquiry on Estuarine Transport using a Computer Model in High School Classrooms
An Interdisciplinary Guided Inquiry on Estuarine Transport using a Computer Model in High School Classrooms
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在高中课堂上使用计算机模型对河口运输进行跨学科引导探究
DOI：
10.1525/abt.2012.74.1.7
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2012
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Daniel Grlünbaum
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作者：
Kit Yu Karen Chan;S. Yang;Max E. Maliska;Daniel Grlünbaum
**摘要**
《国家科学教育标准》强调了主动学习和反思对于K - 12课堂中的当代科学方法的重要性，包括模型的使用。计算机建模和可视化是研究人员在其科学探究过程中使用的工具，并且计算机模型经常用于跨学科的合作项目中。本项目的目标是开发一个模块并进行实地测试，该模块使用计算机模型以一种应用的、基于探究的和协作的方式教授海洋科学内容。学生使用一个河口运输模型来探究环流模式如何影响浮游生物这一问题，展示了物理学和生物学的跨学科相互作用。我们的经验表明，当计算机模型用于探究时，它有助于培养学生对科学本质的理解和批判性思维能力。
ABSTRACT The National Science Education Standards have highlighted the importance of active learning and reflection for contemporary scientific methods in K—12 classrooms, including the use of models. Computer modeling and visualization are tools that researchers employ in their scientific inquiry process, and often computer models are used in collaborative projects across disciplines. The goal of this project was to develop and field-test a module that used a computer model to teach marine sciences content in an applied, inquiry-based, and collaborative manner. Students used an estuarine transport model to explore the question of how circulation patterns affect planktonic organisms, demonstrating the interdisciplinary interaction of physics and biology. Our experience suggests that computer models, when used for inquiry, can help foster students' understanding of the nature of science and critical-thinking skills.