Improving Reasoning and Technological Competency Across the Curriculum through Targeted Applications of GIS

通过 GIS 有针对性的应用提高整个课程的推理和技术能力

• 批准号: 0410900
• 负责人: William Montgomery
• 金额: $ 8.85万
• 依托单位: New Jersey City University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-07-15 至 2007-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0410900&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improving; Reasoning; Technological; Competency; Across

Discipline: Interdisciplinary (99)This project is integrating Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology into five (5) courses of study (business, criminal justice/security, fire science, nursing, and public health) in the College of Professional Studies, as a means of facilitating the improvement of critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, and technological competencies across the curriculum at New Jersey City University, a Hispanic-Serving Institution in the heart of the New York City metropolitan area. Five new, 1-credit, discipline-specific exercise modules are being developed to augment a current 3-credit core course, creating a single 4-credit (3+1) sequence that will serve all five degree programs. The discipline-specific exercises originate from GIS courses taught by disciplinary experts, and are being adapted and implemented to fit the economic climate, demographic distribution, and urban environment of northern New Jersey.The intellectual merit of this activity is in marrying the strengths of generalist and specialist approaches to GIS training by integrating exciting, relevant exercises into an introductory course. Students immediately see relevance in these exercises and take ownership of their learning experience. This produces high motivation, which results in improved persistence and retention. The increased motivation and self-esteem that result from surmounting GIS-related challenges are reflected in improved competency in other areas, especially technology, critical thinking and quantitative reasoning. Improved competency in these areas is being identified and measured with NJCU rubrics derived from national models. The broader impacts of this project are that improvements in core competencies, coupled with improved motivation, retention, and persistence to graduation, enable NJCU students, many of them members of under-represented minorities, to compete successfully in the 21st century workforce.

学科：跨学科 (99) 该项目正在将地理信息系统 (GIS) 技术整合到专业研究学院的五 (5) 个学习课程（商业、刑事司法/安全、消防科学、护理和公共卫生）中，作为促进新泽西城市大学整个课程中批判性思维、定量推理和技术能力提高的一种手段，新泽西城市大学是一所位于新泽西州中心的西班牙裔服务机构 纽约市大都市区。 正在开发五个新的 1 学分、特定于学科的练习模块，以补充当前的 3 学分核心课程，创建一个将为所有五个学位课程服务的 4 学分 (3+1) 序列。 特定学科练习源于学科专家教授的 GIS 课程，并正在进行调整和实施，以适应新泽西州北部的经济气候、人口分布和城市环境。这项活动的智力价值在于，通过将令人兴奋的相关练习融入入门课程，将通才方法和专业方法的优势结合到 GIS 培训中。 学生立即看到这些练习的相关性并掌握他们的学习经历。 这会产生很高的动力，从而提高毅力和保留率。 克服 GIS 相关挑战所带来的动力和自尊心的增强反映在其他领域的能力提高上，特别是技术、批判性思维和定量推理。 正在使用源自国家模型的 NJCU 评分标准来确定和衡量这些领域能力的提高。该项目更广泛的影响是，核心能力的提高，加上积极性、保留率和毕业坚持性的提高，使 NJCU 学生（其中许多是代表性不足的少数族裔成员）能够在 21 世纪的劳动力市场中成功竞争。