The Hidden Earth Curriculum - A Visual, Interactive Approach to College Geology

地质学(42)我们正在开发基于计算机的交互式材料--与以前存在的任何材料不同--以帮助学生学习地质学，提高他们的空间可视化能力，并参与批判性思维。这项提议是充分开发这些创新材料，以创建以实验室为基础的课程，与技术相结合，并专注于地质学的可视方面，例如可视化隐藏在地球表面下的地质结构。这个项目将这些视觉材料放在一个网络友好的框架中，并放在真实、复杂的问题的背景下。我们正在使用3D程序为大学地质学入门课程创建下一代互动视觉材料。我们正在构建QuickTime虚拟现实(QTVR)电影，使学生能够交互地旋转地形和地质地形，切开地质块或揭示层的内部几何形状，并侵蚀断块的隆起一侧，以了解这将如何在陆地表面表达。我们在入门地质学实验室和高级地质学课程中试映了这些电影，所有这些都获得了热烈的好评。本课程包含综合模块，可用于大学入门课程和高级SMET课程，也可供一般公众使用。为了评估课程，学生们进行了预先测试，在培训材料的同时进行了有选择的采访，并进行了后测试。实验方法包括实验法和准实验法，数据定性和定量相结合。该项目的拟议期限为36个月。正在通过互联网(http://reynolds.asu.edu))和已经感兴趣的商业出版商分发材料。

Geology (42)We are developing interactive computer-based materials - unlike any that previously existed - to help students learn geology, improve their spatial visualization abilities, and engage in critical thinking. This proposal is to fully develop these innovative materials to create a lab-based curriculum, integrated with technology and focusing on the visual aspects of geology, such as visualizing geologic structures hidden beneath the Earth's surface. This project is placing these visual materials in a web-friendly framework and in the context of authentic, complex problems. We are using 3D programs to create arguably the next generation of interactive visual materials for introductory college geology courses. We are constructing QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR) movies that enable students to interactively rotate topographic and geologic terrains, slice into geologic blocks or reveal the internal geometry of layers, and erode the uplifted side of a fault block to see how this would be expressed on the land surface. We have piloted these movies in our introductory geology labs and upper-division geology courses, all to rave reviews. This curriculum contains integrated modules that can be used in introductory college courses and upper-level SMET courses, and by the general public. To evaluate the curriculum, students are pre-tested, selectively interviewed while training on the materials, and post-tested. Experimental methods include both experimental and quasi-experimental, and data are qualitative and quantitative. Proposed duration of the project is 36 months. Materials are being distributed via the Internet (http://reynolds.asu.edu) and via commercial publishers who already are interested.