Collaborative Research: Evaluating student learning in geoscience curricula that employ conceptests using electronic student response systems

协作研究：使用电子学生响应系统评估学生在采用概念测试的地球科学课程中的学习情况

• 批准号: 0716523
• 负责人: Jake Armour
• 金额: $ 3.76万
• 依托单位: University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-08-01 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0716523&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Evaluating; student; learning

Geology (42)We are exploring the impact of using electronic student response systems to facilitate learning in large introductory geoscience courses across the country. Students are provided a personally registered remote control that is used to answer conceptual questions during the actual class. The questions are text-, diagram- or graph-based multiple choice questions that focus on one key concept. They are intended to reinforce material presented in class. They provide immediate feedback to students as class responses are collected in near-real time and displayed on a graph at the front of the classroom. Students and instructors analyze the graphs, discuss the results and use that information to guide subsequent activities. Small group discussion of class responses is the primary mode of instruction. We are analyzing over 9000 student responses to identify questions that can be used as reliable in-class assessments at other institutions. Teaching and learning aids are also being developed to help students identify ways to better prepare for class so that they are successful in and out of class. We are varying the types of questions, amounts of response data students see and questioning techniques to determine which combinations provide the richest learning experiences. Data are being collected in six different states at community colleges, four-year colleges and research universities. The intellectual merit of this proposal includes analyses of data regarding the utility of using electronic response system and questions across populations, disciplines and educational settings and identification of better ways to ensure a scientifically literate population of non-science majors. The broader impact of this proposal includes the thorough study and documentation of student response to these questions by gender and ethnicity. Such documentation is leading to recommendations for how faculty can employ such assessments in the most inclusive way possible.

地质学 (42)我们正在探索使用电子学生响应系统来促进全国大型地球科学入门课程学习的影响。 为学生提供个人注册的遥控器，用于在实际课堂上回答概念性问题。 这些问题是基于文本、图表或图表的多项选择题，重点关注一个关键概念。 它们的目的是强化课堂上所讲授的材料。他们向学生提供即时反馈，因为课堂反应被近乎实时地收集并显示在教室前面的图表上。 学生和教师分析图表，讨论结果并使用该信息来指导后续活动。 课堂反应的小组讨论是主要的教学模式。 我们正在分析 9000 多名学生的回答，以确定可用作其他机构可靠的课堂评估的问题。 教学和学习辅助工具也在开发中，以帮助学生找到更好地准备课堂的方法，以便他们在课堂内外取得成功。 我们改变问题的类型、学生看到的回答数据量和提问技巧，以确定哪些组合可以提供最丰富的学习体验。 数据正在六个不同州的社区学院、四年制学院和研究型大学收集。 该提案的智力价值包括分析有关使用电子应答系统的效用的数据以及跨人群、学科和教育环境的问题，并确定更好的方法来确保非科学专业人群的科学素养。该提案的更广泛影响包括对不同性别和种族的学生对这些问题的回答进行彻底研究和记录。 此类文件为教师如何以尽可能最具包容性的方式使用此类评估提供了建议。