Collaborative Research: Data-driven Inquiry in Geoscience Environmental Restoration Studies

来自SRI国际的教育研究人员和华盛顿大学(UW)的地球科学家正在通过基于地点的实地工作吸引来自华盛顿州普吉特湾地区的美国印第安人高中生和大学生参与地球科学，同时探索通过将基于地点的时空数据的抽象表示与查询任务相联系来培养数据素养和增强量化推理技能的模式。利用SRI开发的课程和评估方法，该团队正在开发和试点以问题为基础、以探究为导向的课程模块，内容涉及华盛顿州普吉特海湾地区的环境历史以及该历史对该地区的美国印第安人社区的影响。地球科学环境恢复研究中的数据驱动调查(DIGERS)模块使用了华盛顿大学团队为普吉特湾区域综合模型(PRISM)和普吉特湾河流历史项目收集的数据。这些模块将在威斯康星州大学一门新的本科生环境史课程中进行试点测试，并在西雅图和普吉特湾部落社区为美国印第安人学生服务的高中的科学课堂上进行测试。课程模块将包括以问题为基础的单元和以学生使用UW数据为中心的表现评估，以及附带的地理可视化和其他表示法。DIGERS将为华盛顿大学的地球科学家提供机会，向地区部落证明他们的研究，其中一些由Puget Sound部落资助，可以用于为美国印第安人青年服务？STEM教育以及部落机构在资源恢复和管理方面的使用。DIGERS将提供可适应的和公开可用的以数据为中心的地球科学探究任务的设计，这些设计可以支持高中和本科课程的未来发展。此外，该项目将有助于建立关于学生如何更多地参与和更熟练地进行地球科学查询和数据分析的知识库，以及在教育支持和期望方面应该存在哪些变化，以便为学生利用材料建立成功的经验。

Educational researchers from SRI International and geoscientists from the University of Washington (UW) are engaging American Indian high school and college students from the Puget Sound region of Washington State in the geosciences through place-based field work, while exploring models for developing data literacy and enhancing quantitative reasoning skills by connecting abstract representations of place-based spatio-temporal data with inquiry tasks. Employing curriculum and assessment methods developed by SRI, the team is developing and piloting problem-based, inquiry-oriented curriculum modules about the environmental history of the Washington State Puget Sound region and about what implications the history has for the American Indian communities in the region. The Data-driven Inquiry in Geoscience Environmental Restoration Studies (DIGERS) modules are using data collected by the UW team for the Puget Sound Regional Synthesis Model (PRISM) and Puget Sound River History Project. The modules will be pilot-tested in a new undergraduate environmental history course at UW and in science classes in high schools serving American Indian students in Seattle and Puget Sound tribal communities. The curriculum modules will consist of problem-based units and performance assessments centered on student use of the UW data, plus accompanying geographic visualizations and other representations. DIGERS will provide the UW geoscientists with the opportunity to demonstrate to the regional tribes that their research, some of which has been funded by Puget Sound tribes, can be used in the service of the American Indian youths? STEM education in addition to use by tribal agencies in resource restoration and management. DIGERS will provide adaptable and publically available designs of data-centered geoscience inquiry tasks that can support future development of high school and undergraduate-level curricula. In addition, the project will contribute to the knowledge base about how students can become more engaged and more skilled in geoscience inquiry and data analysis and what variations in educational supports and expectations should exist to build successful experiences for the students with the materials.