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

专业：跨学科（99）这个项目是整合地理信息系统（GIS）技术到五（5）研究课程专业研究学院的专业（商业、刑事司法/安全、消防科学、护理和公共卫生），作为促进提高泽西城大学课程中批判性思维、定量推理和技术能力的一种手段，位于纽约市大都会区中心的西班牙裔服务机构。 五个新的，1学分，学科特定的练习模块正在开发，以增加目前的3学分核心课程，创建一个单一的4学分（3+1）序列，将服务于所有五个学位课程。 该学科的具体练习源于GIS课程讲授的学科专家，并正在调整和实施，以适应经济气候，人口分布，和城市环境的北方新泽西。这项活动的智力价值是在结婚的通才和专业的方法，GIS培训的优势，通过整合令人兴奋的，相关的练习到一个入门课程。 学生立即看到这些练习的相关性，并掌握他们的学习经验。 这会产生很高的动力，从而提高持久性和保留。 克服与地理信息系统有关的挑战所产生的积极性和自尊心的增强，反映在其他领域能力的提高上，特别是技术、批判性思维和定量推理。 目前正在通过国家模式衍生的国家司法协调股标准来确定和衡量这些领域能力的提高。这个项目的更广泛的影响是，在核心竞争力的改善，再加上提高动机，保留和坚持到毕业，使NJCU的学生，其中许多代表性不足的少数民族成员，在21世纪世纪的劳动力竞争成功。

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.