Integrating graduate and undergraduate education with real world projects

Perrin, Bruce M.; Thompson, A.; Agarabi, Cyrus; Maier-Speredelozzi, Valerie

doi:10.1109/fie.2008.4720681

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“…Students gain project leadership experience with mentorship and development in the classroom setting (Hartman et al ). In instances where graduate and undergraduate students participate in the same lectures and lab activities, additional leadership and project components can provide further training and experience above the mixed course content (Perrin et al ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Student Learning in an Introductory GIS Course: Using a Project‐Based Approach

Bowlick

Bednarz

Goldberg

2015

Transactions in GIS

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Introductory courses in Geographic Information Science (GIS) expose students to the concepts and practices necessary for future academic and professional use of GIS tools. Traditional GIS courses balance lectures in the theories of GIS with pre-built and pre-packaged lab activities to learn the practices of GIS. This article presents a case study of an experimental introductory course in which students conducted novel, independent project-based group research under the supervision of graduate or advanced undergraduate students enrolled in the course, culminating in a class presentation and publication quality paper. Surveys and interviews indicated that students reacted more positively to project-based group research than to traditional activities. Students felt the projects better prepared them for 'real world' applications of GIS, and recommend project-based group research in other GIS coursework. Additionally, our findings indicate that students appreciate interactions with peers of varying skill levels and experiences, as these broaden their capabilities to work with other GIS users.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%