Program of Field-Based Instruction and Undergraduate Research on Limnology and Quarternary Geology

湖沼学与第四纪地质学实地教学与本科生研究计划

• 批准号: 9550784
• 负责人: George Smith
• 金额: $ 0.81万
• 依托单位: LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-06-01 至 1997-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9550784&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Program; Field; Based; Instruction; Undergraduate

This funding supports the continued development of a program of field-based instruction and undergraduate research on limnology and Quaternary geology. The new equipment increases the university's ability to integrate hands-on activities and research projects into introductory courses, the summer science program for high school juniors, a planned outreach program for area science teachers, and selected upper-level courses and improves the opportunities for undergraduate research projects. The most important use of the equipment is in introductory courses, which expose the maximum number of students to geology early in their academic careers. The growing emphasis on field- and research-based instruction in these courses has improved the learning experience for students by engaging them in the process of solving local geologic problems using data that they have collected themselves. Students learn about geologic materials and the process of scientific investigation through a series of interrelated exercises. This introduction ultimately provides students with a familiar reference with which to compare concepts presented in class.

这笔资金支持继续发展湖沼学和第四纪地质学的实地教学和本科生研究计划。 新设备提高了大学将实践活动和研究项目整合到入门课程，高中三年级学生暑期科学计划，区域科学教师计划外展计划和选定的上层课程的能力，并提高了本科生研究项目的机会。 这些设备最重要的用途是在入门课程中，使最多的学生在学术生涯的早期接触地质学。 在这些课程中，越来越重视实地和研究型教学，通过让学生参与使用他们自己收集的数据解决当地地质问题的过程，改善了学生的学习体验。 学生通过一系列相互关联的练习了解地质材料和科学调查的过程。 本介绍最终为学生提供了一个熟悉的参考，以比较课堂上提出的概念。