HR: 1340h
AN: ED53A-0334    [Abstracts]
TI: IT-Supported Authentic Inquiry in Undergraduate Science and Engineering Education
AU: Sell, K S
EM: ksell@tamu.edu
AF: Texas A&M University, Department of Geology & Geophysics, College Station, TX 77843-3115 United States
AU: Sell, K S
EM: ksell@tamu.edu
AF: Texas A&M University, Information Technology in Science Center for Teaching & Learning (ITS-CTL), College Station, TX 77843-3257 United States
AU: * Peschel, J M
EM: j-peschel@tamu.edu
AF: Texas A&M University, Department of Civil Engineering, College Station, TX 77843-3136 United States
AU: * Peschel, J M
EM: j-peschel@tamu.edu
AF: Texas A&M University, Information Technology in Science Center for Teaching & Learning (ITS-CTL), College Station, TX 77843-3257 United States
AU: Simmons, M E
EM: mattsimmons@tamu.edu
AF: Texas A&M University, Department of Rangeland Ecology & Management, College Station, TX 77843-2126 United States
AU: Simmons, M E
EM: mattsimmons@tamu.edu
AF: Texas A&M University, Information Technology in Science Center for Teaching & Learning (ITS-CTL), College Station, TX 77843-3257 United States
AU: Herbert, B E
EM: herbert@geo.tamu.edu
AF: Texas A&M University, Department of Geology & Geophysics, College Station, TX 77843-3115 United States
AU: Herbert, B E
EM: herbert@geo.tamu.edu
AF: Texas A&M University, Information Technology in Science Center for Teaching & Learning (ITS-CTL), College Station, TX 77843-3257 United States
AB: Prior research has shown that environmental issues often serve as effective contexts for problem- and inquiry-based learning in primary and secondary schools. Similar learning outcomes have also been shown possible at the undergraduate level, though supporting research is much more limited. Therefore, the design and implementation of authentic scientific inquiry methodology in support of earth and environmental science education at the university level remains an important research thread. This work presents the implementation results for three different inquiry-based instructional frameworks, addressing specifically: laboratory experiments, natural experiments, and simulations, in the earth and environmental sciences. A basic framework of explanation for the findings is given.
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
DE: 0840 Evaluation and assessment
DE: 0850 Geoscience education research
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005