Assessing the Impact of a Geospatial Data Collection App on Student Engagement in Environmental Education

Autor/inn/en	Norton, Evan; Li, Yingkui; Mason, Lisa Reyes; Washington-Allen, Robert A.
Titel	Assessing the Impact of a Geospatial Data Collection App on Student Engagement in Environmental Education
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 9 (2019), Artikel 118 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Li, Yingkui) ORCID (Mason, Lisa Reyes) ORCID (Washington-Allen, Robert A.)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Spatial Ability; Geographic Information Systems; Data Collection; Learner Engagement; Environmental Education; Handheld Devices; Field Instruction; Access to Information; Instructional Effectiveness; Science Curriculum; Natural Resources; Public Schools; Middle School Students; Outreach Programs; College School Cooperation; Student Attitudes; Tennessee + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Data capture; Datensammlung; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Praxisklasse; Unterrichtserfolg; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Jobcoaching; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	A critical component of environmental education is to ensure student understanding and use of available technologies to better experience and analyze spatially distributed features of the environment. Combining mobile technologies with geographic information systems in field data collection may provide a unique opportunity for students to feel engaged in what they are learning and take ownership of their learning process. We customized an open access data collection application using Collector for ArcGIS and investigated its impacts on student engagement and perception of the incorporation of technology within an environmental science curriculum. Analyses of pre- and post-surveys indicate that the inclusion of geospatial technologies as a part of environmental curricula allows students to take the lead on their own research, view field data interactively as opposed to looking at a database in hindsight and analyze multiscale data as it is presented during field data collection. The findings of this study are consistent with previous studies, suggesting a strong association between the inclusion of geospatial technologies as a part of curricula and student engagement. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01