Developing and Assessing Process Skills in Conservation Biology and Other Integrative Fields

发展和评估保护生物学和其他综合领域的过程技能

• 批准号: 0942789
• 负责人: Eleanor Sterling
• 金额: $ 19.99万
• 依托单位: American Museum Natural History
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-15 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0942789&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Developing; Assessing; Process; Skills; Conservation

Biological Sciences (61)Research and Assessment (91)This project is a combination of educational materials development and research & assessment in conservation biology. It is building on two prior DUE grants that have developed several dozen modules in conservation biology. A major focus of this project is the development of assessment tools to determine whether students in this field are learning "higher-level" thinking skills as well as the process skills needed to operate professionally. Conservation biology requires higher-level thinking skills because the problems and issues are integrated, complex, and require abilities to make connections, predict and test models, and synthesize information. Prominent conservation practitioners and academics have noted a persistent disconnect between most current academic preparation and the knowledge and skills actually needed in the professional world. There have been efforts to address the development of professional and process skills in higher education in a wide variety of disciplines; these efforts have ranged from the description of desired competencies to efforts to fostering skill development, e.g. by implementing active or learner-centered teaching methods. Few projects or initiatives have attempted to systematically evaluate the development of process skills in their students, or have assessed the possible effects of different teaching methods on the development of these skills. This project is supporting a team of faculty to explore how to effectively develop the teaching of process and professional skills in conservation biology, and to evaluate the development of these skills in students. The project plans to pilot developed teaching and assessment materials in diverse classroom settings. Although the project is managed by the American Museum of Natural History, it is supporting participants from a diverse group of 20 institutions.

生物科学（61）研究和评估（91）这个项目是保护生物学教材开发和研究评估的结合。 它是建立在两个先前的DUE赠款，已经开发了几十个保护生物学模块。 该项目的一个主要重点是开发评估工具，以确定该领域的学生是否正在学习“更高层次”的思维技能以及专业运作所需的过程技能。 保护生物学需要更高层次的思维技能，因为问题和问题是综合的，复杂的，需要建立联系，预测和测试模型以及综合信息的能力。 著名的保护实践者和学者注意到，目前大多数学术准备与专业领域实际需要的知识和技能之间存在持续的脱节。一直在努力解决各种学科的高等教育中的专业和过程技能的发展;这些努力的范围从所需能力的描述到促进技能发展的努力，例如通过实施积极的或以学习者为中心的教学方法。很少有项目或举措试图系统地评估学生过程技能的发展，或评估不同教学方法对这些技能发展的可能影响。 该项目支持教师团队探索如何有效地发展保护生物学过程和专业技能的教学，并评估学生这些技能的发展。 该项目计划在不同的课堂环境中试用已开发的教学和评估材料。 虽然该项目由美国自然历史博物馆管理，但它支持来自20个机构的不同群体的参与者。