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Assessing the Impact of a Geospatial Data Collection App on Student Engagement in Environmental Education
- Source :
- Education Sciences, Volume 9, Issue 2, Education Sciences, Vol 9, Iss 2, p 118 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2019.
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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.
- Subjects :
- Geographic information system
Geospatial analysis
Public Administration
0507 social and economic geography
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Student engagement
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Education
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Developmental and Educational Psychology
Computer Science (miscellaneous)
Mobile technology
Curriculum
geographic information systems
Data collection
business.industry
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050301 education
Data science
Computer Science Applications
Environmental education
environmental education
student engagement
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data collection app
business
050703 geography
0503 education
Inclusion (education)
computer
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Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22277102
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Education Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....666d1b62e902d14202ef0440f090e4d8