Facilitating Scientific Inquiry using CITYgreen and the Problem-Study Framework [electronic resource] / R. Hagevik.
The "Problem-Study" framework is an approach to learning and lesson design in which the strategies and skills that make science a form of creative, critical, and analytical thinking are made explicit. This framework was used to design and analyze a place-based inquiry approach to learning...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The "Problem-Study" framework is an approach to learning and lesson design in which the strategies and skills that make science a form of creative, critical, and analytical thinking are made explicit. This framework was used to design and analyze a place-based inquiry approach to learning about the environment with teachers and students using the CITYgreen software, an extension to ArcView 3.x by ESRI. It was found that using the "Problem-Study" framework to guide the design and evaluation of the curriculum as well as assessment of student learning was successful. Teachers learned how to build engaging, real-world projects to teach geography; enhance the students' computer skills; improve math and science knowledge; and to develop an understanding of how ecosystems function. Students' problem-solving skills improved. (Contains 3 tables.) |
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| Item Description: | Abstractor: As Provided. Educational level discussed: Junior High Schools. Educational level discussed: Middle Schools. |
| Physical Description: | 16 p. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (Journal Articles) Text (Reports, Evaluative) |
| Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note: | Online Submission, Meridian: A Middle School Computer Technologies Journal v11 n1 2008. |