COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: The Math You Need, When You Need It: Modular Student Resources to Encourage Successful Incorporation of Quantitative Concepts in Introductory Geoscience

合作研究：您需要的数学，当您需要时：模块化的学生资源，鼓励成功地将定量概念纳入地球科学导论中

• 批准号: 0633402
• 负责人: Jennifer Wenner
• 金额: $ 6.86万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-12-01 至 2010-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0633402&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: COLLABORATIVE; RESEARCH; Math; Need; When

Geology (42)Intellectual merit: "The Math You Need, When You Need It" program is creating a series of student-centered web-based modules that can be customized to, and run concurrently with, any introductory geoscience course. Each module gives students the quantitative knowledge that they need, just before they need it in their concurrent geology course. This unique program includes: 1) pre-assessment of students' quantitative skills, 2) modular, self-paced, student-centered instruction for under-prepared students and 3) post-assessment to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. We are utilizing innovative instructional techniques based in best practices in mathematical education and thereby creating these modules so that they advance students' knowledge and understanding of mathematics across the geology curriculum. Combined with classroom examples of quantitative concepts in a geoscience context, this project is addressing many concerns about the nation's STEM education, including difficulties with teaching large numbers of students from diverse backgrounds, course adaptation to students' preexisting knowledge, and student self-assessment and monitoring.Broader impacts: The higher education community recognizes quantitative literacy as an important goal for its graduates as they are integrated into our increasingly number-oriented society. This project is working toward that goal by increasing the quantitative literacy of American undergraduates and, as a result, the greater US population. The modular nature and capability of tailoring instruction to meet individual student needs is supporting increased quantitative literacy in students with diverse backgrounds and mathematical abilities. The project is impacting geoscience faculty who wish to embrace inclusion of quantitative aspects of geoscience in their courses with little extra effort and minimal alienation of under-prepared students. In addition, the proposed project has the potential to be replicated across other academic disciplines and institutions wherever the application of quantitative skills is a barrier to student success.

地质学 (42) 智力优势：“您需要的数学，当您需要时”计划正在创建一系列以学生为中心的基于网络的模块，这些模块可以针对任何介绍性地球科学课程进行定制并与任何介绍性地球科学课程同时运行。每个模块都为学生提供了他们所需的定量知识，然后他们就可以在同时进行的地质学课程中需要这些知识。 这个独特的计划包括：1) 对学生的定量技能进行预评估，2) 针对准备不足的学生进行模块化、自定进度、以学生为中心的教学，以及 3) 评估计划有效性的事后评估。 我们正在利用基于数学教育最佳实践的创新教学技术，从而创建这些模块，以便提高学生对整个地质课程的数学知识和理解。 结合地球科学背景下定量概念的课堂实例，该项目解决了对国家 STEM 教育的许多担忧，包括教授来自不同背景的大量学生的困难、课程适应学生已有知识以及学生自我评估和监控。更广泛的影响：随着毕业生融入我们日益以数字为导向的社会，高等教育界将定量素养视为毕业生的一个重要目标。该项目正在通过提高美国本科生的定量素养，从而提高美国人口的数量来实现这一目标。 模块化的性质和定制教学以满足个别学生需求的能力支持提高具有不同背景和数学能力的学生的定量素养。 该项目正在影响地球科学教师，他们希望将地球科学的定量方面纳入其课程中，而无需付出额外的努力，也尽量减少对准备不足的学生的疏远。 此外，拟议的项目有可能在其他学科和机构中复制，只要定量技能的应用是学生成功的障碍。