Pilot Project for Research in Visualization for Geoscience Education

地球科学教育可视化研究试点项目

• 批准号: 0607195
• 负责人: Ramon Lopez
• 金额: $ 12.4万
• 依托单位: Florida Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-08-01 至 2007-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0607195&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Pilot; Project; Research; Visualization; Geoscience

Lopez (0607195)Pilot Project for Research in Visualization for Geoscience EducationThis pilot project will investigate the cognitive aspects of visualization in selected topics in Earth and Space Science education, and explore which visualization strategies have the greatest positive effect on student learning and comprehension. Visualizations are a common tool for teaching fundamental geoscience concepts and yet what students learn from them or how effective they are at conveying correct information is as yet poorly documented. Building on similar research within the physics and astronomy communities, this project will conduct studies that compare how well students learn common geoscience concepts when they are taught using 2-D versus 3-D visualizations or when multiple visual representations are used. The study will also explore how students interpret (or misinterpret) widely used geoscience teaching visuals. Pre- and post-testing comparisons will be document student comprehension and how it relates to the effectiveness of instructional materials. Videotaped interviews and analysis will help to clarify student thinking as they interpret visualizations. Studies will be conducted in both the Florida Institute of Technologys Whole Earth course, taken by a disparate group of students with highly variable background (including many who are pre-service teachers), and the introductory Astronomy course sequence. The results of this research will lead to improved geoscience education at Florida Tech, particularly for the pre-service teachers participating in the Whole Earth Course.

洛佩兹（0607195）地球科学教育可视化研究试点项目该试点项目将研究地球和空间科学教育中选定主题的可视化认知方面，并探讨哪些可视化策略对学生的学习和理解具有最大的积极影响。 可视化是教授基本地球科学概念的常用工具，但学生从中学到了什么，或者它们在传达正确信息方面的效率如何，目前还没有很好的记录。 基于物理学和天文学界的类似研究，该项目将进行研究，比较学生在使用 2D 与 3D 可视化或使用多种视觉表示进行教学时学习常见地球科学概念的情况。 该研究还将探讨学生如何解释（或误解）广泛使用的地球科学教学视觉效果。 测试前和测试后的比较将记录学生的理解程度及其与教学材料有效性的关系。 录像采访和分析将有助于澄清学生在解释可视化时的思维。 研究将在佛罗里达理工学院的“全球”课程和天文学入门课程序列中进行，该课程由背景差异很大的不同学生群体（其中许多是职前教师）参加。 这项研究的结果将改善佛罗里达理工学院的地球科学教育，特别是参与“全球”课程的职前教师。