Collaborative Research: Broadening Use of Modern Geodetic Methods in Earth Science Field Courses

合作研究：在地球科学领域课程中拓宽现代大地测量方法的使用

• 批准号: 1914946
• 负责人: Benjamin Crosby
• 金额: $ 5.21万
• 依托单位: Idaho State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1914946&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Broadening; Use; Modern

This project aims to serve the national interest in high-quality undergraduate STEM education by improving student access to cutting-edge geodesy methods in Earth Science field courses. Geodesy is the science of accurately measuring and understanding the Earth?s geometric shape, orientation in space, and gravity field, and how these properties change over time. Geodetic technologies can be applied to societally critical geoscience topics such as hazard assessment and response, as well as to topics with commercial or governmental value. As a result, geodetic technologies are driving changes in workforce demands and increasing the need for including geodetic field methods and related quantitative skills in undergraduate education. To meet these needs, the project plans to: train instructors how to incorporate geodetic field methods into their college courses; develop a loan program to provide educators access to geodetic equipment; and increase the availability of technical support for instructors.This project specifically aims to broaden access of undergraduate students to the geodetic technologies of GPS, Structure from Motion (SfM), and Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS). To increase student engagement and learning in geodetics, the project will create short courses for instructors. These short courses will help instructors identify societally-relevant geoscience research questions that will provide relevance and context for students to learn and apply geodetic technologies. More than 100 instructors will participate in these short courses, resulting in more than 1500 students who will learn to use geodetic field methods over the course of the grant. The project aims to develop sustainable changes in college instruction that could reach even more students in the future. The project will examine the efficacy and adoption of teaching materials produced through 1-day and 2.5-day short courses, as well as more intensive, smaller cohort groups. These data will contribute to the body of educational research, particularly the impact of faculty professional development in improving field education. The teaching materials developed by the project participants will continue to be evaluated by and disseminated through the website of the Science Education Resource Center (SERC), which has 5 million visitors per year (serc.carleton.edu/getsi). This project responds to community needs and has the potential to contribute to the critical need of a diverse, Earth Science-ready STEM workforce. The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. This project is in the Engaged Student Learning track and Development and Implementation tier; it builds on work of an earlier IUSE-funded Exploration and Design tier project. Through the Engaged Student Learning track, the program supports the creation, exploration, and implementation of promising practices and tools.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目旨在通过改善学生在地球科学野外课程中接触尖端大地测量方法的机会，服务于高质量本科生STEM教育的国家利益。大地测量学是一门准确测量和理解地球的科学-S的几何形状、空间方位和重力场，以及这些特性如何随着时间的变化而变化。大地测量技术可应用于社会关键地学主题，如灾害评估和应对，以及具有商业或政府价值的主题。因此，大地测量技术正在推动劳动力需求的变化，并增加了在本科教育中纳入大地测量野外方法和相关量化技能的需求。为了满足这些需求，该项目计划：培训教师如何将大地测量外业方法融入他们的大学课程；开发一项贷款计划，为教育人员提供大地测量设备；并增加对教师的技术支持。该项目专门旨在扩大本科生接触GPS、运动结构(SfM)和地面激光扫描(TLS)等大地测量技术的途径。为了增加学生对大地测量学的参与和学习，该项目将为教师创建短期课程。这些短期课程将帮助教师确定与社会相关的地球科学研究问题，为学生学习和应用大地测量技术提供相关性和背景。100多名教师将参加这些短期课程，结果将有1500多名学生在助学金过程中学习使用大地测量野外方法。该项目旨在开发大学教学的可持续变化，以便在未来接触到更多的学生。该项目将审查通过为期1天和2.5天的短期课程以及更密集、更小的队列小组编写的教材的效力和采用情况。这些数据将有助于教育研究的主体，特别是教师专业发展对改善实地教育的影响。项目参与者编写的教材将继续通过科学教育资源中心(SERC)的网站进行评估和传播，该中心每年有500万访问者(serc.carleton.edu/getsi)。该项目响应了社区的需求，并有可能为多样化的、为地球科学做好准备的STEM工作人员的迫切需求做出贡献。NSF IUSE：EHR计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生的STEM教育的有效性。该项目处于参与学生学习跟踪和开发与实施阶段；它建立在早先由国际教育、科学及文化组织资助的探索和设计阶段项目的工作基础上。通过参与的学生学习路径，该计划支持有前景的实践和工具的创建、探索和实施。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。