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Spatial Skills for Science Education
Integrating Spatial Skills and Information Technology: ITS
and Geosciencehttp://geoits.tamu.edu
Andrew Klein • Robert S. Bednarz • Sarah W. Bednarz
Texas A&M University
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Spatial Skills for Science Education
• Project context
• Theoretical foundations
• Pedagogical approach
• Research questions
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Two Goals and a Process…
• Professional development structured around IT
• Production of sci-ed specialists
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Three “Types” in Cohort
Teachers/Certificate
Grad Students/Education
Grad Students/Geosciences
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ITS Mission
Change the culture and relationships among scientists, educational researchers, and teachers by engaging them in the use of information technology to learn about: – how science is done; – how science is taught and learned; – how science learning can be assessed; and– how scholarly networks between scientists, educational
researchers, teachers, and students can be developed.
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ITS Structure
COHORT of 70 Teachers
Biology Chemistry Hazards MathGEOSCI17
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Geosciences Core integrating spatial
technologies of GIS, Remote Sensing, and Scientific Visualization to enhance science education
Our goal: advocacy of a spatial & problem-based approach
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Premises
• Interactive spatial technologies – make it easier to create environments in
which students learn by doing– help people visualize difficult to
understand concepts– provide access to information– enhance student performance
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Team Approach
• Geography: Klein, Bednarz2
– Physical/techniques geographer– Human geographer – Geography educator
• Geology& Geophysics: Bruce Herbert• Oceanography: Robert Stewart• Education: Lynn Burlbaw
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Theoretical Foundations
• Spatial Skills
• Constructivism
• Action research
• Educational theories
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Spatial Relational Skills
• Recognize spatial distribution and spatial patterns
• Identify shapes• Recall and represent layouts• Connect locations• Associate and correlate spatially
distributed phenomena
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Spatial Relations Skills• Comprehend and use spatial hierarchies• Regionalize• Comprehend distance decay and nearest
neighbor effects• Imagine maps from verbal descriptions• Sketch mapping• Overlay and dissolve maps
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Educational theory…
• Interactive lecture demonstrations– Introduction– Prediction– Observation– Discussion and development of deep
understanding to facilitate transfer
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Pedagogical Approach• Mess with data…
– Patterns?– Ways to visualize it?– Research questions/hypotheses suggested
by data?– Further data to collect?
• Global hydrological cycle as a core organizing concept
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Why GIS?
Move from passive animations to active learning
Technology is already available and used in schools
Provides a hand-on tool for developing spatial relational skills
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More Than Staff Development
• ITS has a research mission as a primary goal
• A participant assessment structure is part of ITS
• Follow-up assessment of students is required
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Research Questions
• Barriers to introduction of IT into classrooms: Instructor barriers– Technological (in)experience– Subject-matter mastery– Learning styles, attitudes– Spatial skills, abilities
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Instructor Data
• Pre- and post-testing of participants regarding each hypothesized factor.
• Assessment of final projects– Professional development programs– Classroom activities
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Student Data
• Action research by classroom instructors to measure changes in student learning, attitudes, motivation
• Thesis and dissertation research conducted by grad-student participants
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Research Context
• Impact of IT on high school students’ attitudes, beliefs, and learning in geography
• Characteristics of college students that lead to success in an introductory GIS class
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For additional information…http://geoits.tamu.edu
Department of Geography
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843-3147