GP:IMPACT: Interactive Simulations and Systems Thinking to Broaden Pathways into the Geosciences

GP:IMPACT：交互式模拟和系统思维拓宽地球科学的途径

基本信息

批准号：
1701062
负责人：
Juliette Rooney-Varga
金额：
$ 33.98万
依托单位：
University of Massachusetts Lowell
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-07-01 至 2022-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1701062&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
GP IMPACT Interactive Simulations Systems

项目摘要

Part 1. Our project seeks to promote the progress of science and advance the national prosperity by broadening the pipeline of students interested in the sciences. We will develop and leverage immersive learning tools that bring state-of-the-art sustainability science directly to 3,000 students, with the potential to scale to reach hundreds of thousands of students. Our educational approach combines interactive computer models with engaging role-play simulations, in which students learn for themselves by making decisions, and then finding out, through the computer models, how the Earth and energy systems are expected to respond to those decisions. In short, rather than being lectured to, students learn for themselves through a process that mimics scientific discovery. Further, our learning tools will take students ?under the hood,? to understand important Earth system processes and to gain a deeper understanding of the modeling process. Our project focuses on a student target audience that is currently under-represented in STEM: economically disadvantaged, first-generation-in-college students in federally funded TRIO Student Support Services programs. This focus will benefit the project by (1) leveraging and improving existing programs and networks for dissemination; (2) enhancing participation in the scientific enterprise by college students; and (3) enhancing the prospects of economically disadvantaged students.Part 2Overview:The overarching goal of this proposal is to broaden the pathway of low-income, first-generation-in-college students to the geosciences through development, implementation, and evaluation of scalable simulation-based climate and sustainability science educational tools. Our project team brings together expertise in climate and sustainability education (UMass Lowell Climate Change Initiative, or CCI, and Dr. McNeal), educational evaluation and research (SageFox Consulting Group and Dr. Newton), and leaders in advancing college access and success opportunities for low-income, first-generation-in-college students through federally funded TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) programs around the Nation (the Council for Opportunity in Education, or COE). Our goal is to significantly increase geoscience knowledge, interest, and motivation among early, low-income, first-generation undergraduate students. The three key project components include: (1) Develop and test a new ?Geo-Interactive? curriculum that is centered on engaging simulation-based learning tools, uses an active learning approach to introduce climate and Earth system feedback processes, and makes direct connections to academic career opportunities; (2) Leverage the extensive nationwide network of 1,080 TRIO SSS programs that together reach 205,000 students to implement, propagate, and disseminate the Geo-Interactive curriculum to those currently underrepresented in STEM professions, careers or education pathways; and (3) Determine the impact of the Geo-Interactive curriculum on geoscience-related motivation, learning, and career interest.Intellectual Merit:The simulation-based curriculum we are proposing takes an approach that is supported by educational research: it is student-centered, experiential, and addresses a highly relevant, real-world problem. The proposed curriculum will include the World Climate simulation, which was co-developed by the PI and our project partners at Climate Interactive. Initial results have shown that World Climate delivers significant gains in climate literacy, systems thinking skills, and, importantly student motivation to learn and do more about climate and sustainability. By combining World Climate with new modules that explore geoscience concepts and academic and career opportunities, potential paths into geoscience will be opened for students whose engagement and motivation has been stimulated. Importantly, our target population are early undergraduates in SSS programs, a demographic that is under-represented in the geosciences and STEM more generally, and that has strong potential to broaden and diversify the Nation?s geoscience pipeline.Broader Impacts:The proposed project is designed to benefit to society by: (1) contributing to the evidence base for effective educational approaches that reach all students, with a focus on students who have been underserved and underrepresented in the geoscience and STEM pipelines; (2) playing a role in closing the projected shortfall in geoscience professionals by broadening geoscience participation among more than 3,000 low-income, first-generation undergraduate students; (3) building a citizenry and workforce that is informed about and enable to make effective decisions in the context of global environmental change.

第1部分。我们的项目旨在通过扩大对科学感兴趣的学生的渠道来促进科学的进步，并促进国家繁荣。我们将开发并利用沉浸式学习工具，将最先进的可持续性科学直接带给3,000名学生，并有可能扩大成千上万的学生。我们的教育方法将交互式计算机模型与引人入胜的角色扮演模拟相结合，在这种模拟中，学生通过做出决策，然后通过计算机模型来为自己学习，并如何期望地球和能源系统如何应对这些决定。简而言之，学生不是通过模仿科学发现的过程来学习的，而不是被讲授。此外，我们的学习工具将带学生？了解重要的地球系统过程并对建模过程有更深入的了解。我们的项目着重于目前在STEM中代表不足的学生目标受众：在联邦三重奏三重奏学生支持服务计划中，在经济上处于弱势群体，第一代大学的学生。该重点将通过（1）利用和改善现有计划和网络进行传播来使项目受益；（2）加强大学生参与科学企业；（3）增强经济不利的学生的前景。第2章：该提案的总体目标是通过基于可扩展的基于基于仿真的气候和可持续性科学教育工具来扩大低收入，第一代学生第一代学生的途径。 Our project team brings together expertise in climate and sustainability education (UMass Lowell Climate Change Initiative, or CCI, and Dr. McNeal), educational evaluation and research (SageFox Consulting Group and Dr. Newton), and leaders in advancing college access and success opportunities for low-income, first-generation-in-college students through federally funded TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) programs around the Nation (the Council for Opportunity in Education, or COE）。我们的目标是显着提高早期，低收入，第一代本科生的地球科学知识，兴趣和动力。三个关键项目组件包括：（1）开发和测试一种新的？地理互动？课程以引人入胜的基于模拟的学习工具为中心，使用主动学习方法引入气候和地球系统反馈过程，并与学术职业机会直接联系；（2）利用1,080个三人组SSS计划的广泛全国网络，共同覆盖205,000名学生，以实施，传播和传播地理互动课程，向当前在STEM，职业或教育途径中代表性不足的人提供；（3）确定地球互动课程对与地球科学相关的动机，学习和职业兴趣的影响。智能优点：我们提出的基于模拟的课程采用教育研究支持的方法：它是以学生为中心的，体验，经验性的，并解决了一个高度相关的现实世界中的问题。拟议的课程将包括世界气候模拟，该模拟是由PI和我们的项目合作伙伴共同开发的。最初的结果表明，世界气候在气候素养，系统思维技能方面带来了巨大的增长，重要的是学生学习和做更多关于气候和可持续性的动力。通过将世界氛围与探索地球科学概念以及学术和职业机会的新模块相结合，将为刺激参与和动力的学生开放潜在的地球科学途径。重要的是，我们的目标人群是SSS计划的早期本科生，该人群在地球科学和更广泛的地球科学领域的代表性不足，并且具有强大的潜力，可以扩大和多样化国家的地球科学管道的影响：拟议的项目：拟议的项目旨在为社会旨在受益于社会的证据以下方面的学生（1）旨在为有效的学生提供帮助，而这些计划的旨在（1）旨在为有效的学生提供帮助，而这是一项有效的学生，一项旨在促进了一项旨在的教育，这是一项有效的学生，一项旨在促进社会的努力。地球科学和茎管道中的代表性不足；（2）通过扩大3,000多名低收入，第一代本科生的地球科学的参与来结束地球科学专业人员的预计短缺；（3）建立一个公民和劳动力，该公民和劳动力被告知并有能力在全球环境变化的背景下做出有效的决定。

项目成果

期刊论文数量（7）

专著数量（0）

科研奖励数量（0）

会议论文数量（0）

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System dynamics and sustainability: A research agenda for the coming decade(s)

系统动力学和可持续性：未来十年的研究议程

DOI：
发表时间：
2021
期刊：
International System Dynamics Conference
影响因子：
0
作者：
de Gooyert, V.;Goncalves, P.;Herrera, H.;Kampmann, C.;Kapmeier, F.;Kopainsky, B.;Moxnes, E.;Rooney-Varga, J.;Rouwette, E.;Struben, J.
通讯作者：
Struben, J.

Does replacing coal with wood lower CO 2 emissions? Dynamic lifecycle analysis of wood bioenergy

用木材代替煤炭会降低 CO 2 排放吗？

DOI：
10.1088/1748-9326/aaa512
发表时间：
2017
期刊：
Environmental Research Letters
影响因子：
6.7
作者：
Sterman, John D;Siegel, Lori;Rooney-Varga, Juliette N
通讯作者：
Rooney-Varga, Juliette N

Building Consensus for Ambitious Climate Action Through the World Climate Simulation

通过世界气候模拟为雄心勃勃的气候行动建立共识

DOI：
10.1029/2021ef002283
发表时间：
2021
期刊：
Earth's Future
影响因子：
0
作者：
Rooney‐Varga, Juliette N.;Hensel, Margaret;McCarthy, Carolyn;McNeal, Karen;Norfles, Nicole;Rath, Kenneth;Schnell, Audrey H.;Sterman, John D.
通讯作者：
Sterman, John D.

The Climate Action Simulation