标题: Designing MATLAB course for undergraduates in cartography and geographic information science: linking research and teaching

作者: Tian, J (Tian, Jing); Ren, C (Ren, Chang); Lei, YZ (Lei, Yingzhe); Wang, YH (Wang, Yiheng)

来源出版物: JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY IN HIGHER EDUCATION DOI: 10.1080/03098265.2019.1694873提前访问日期: NOV 2019

摘要: Participation of undergraduate students in research helps them nurture critical thinking, develop research skills, enhance self-confidence, and clarify their education or career paths. The curriculum is central to integrating teaching and research, and is a primary source for providing undergraduate research experience. This study designed a MATLAB course for undergraduate students in Cartography and Geographic Information Science. This course integrated various models of research-teaching nexus and combined MATLAB with the profession, aiming to benefit students' learning, improve their general understanding and specific skills of research, and teach them how to conduct research. A total of 47 students were enrolled, and 37 of them completed this course. Benefits and costs of the course for students were investigated, and students' perception of the course was evaluated. Students benefited from the course in four aspects: personal gain (setback resilience and independence), understanding of knowledge synthesis (research process and problem solving), skills (literature reading and writing), and professional development (community engagement and ethical conduct). Although time costs and relatively high difficulty were reported to potentially conflict with other activities, the students still had a high degree of satisfaction and acceptance for this course.

入藏号: WOS:000497644200001

语言: English

文献类型: Article; Early Access

作者关键词: Course design; MATLAB; research-teaching nexus; undergraduate research experience

地址: [Tian, Jing; Lei, Yingzhe; Wang, Yiheng] Wuhan Univ, Sch Resource & Environm Sci, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China.

[Tian, Jing] Wuhan Univ, Key Lab Geog Informat Syst, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China.

[Tian, Jing] Natl Adm Surveying Mapping & Geoinformat, Key Lab Digital Mapping & Land Informat Applicat, Shenzhen, Guangdong, Peoples R China.

[Ren, Chang] Wuhan Univ, State Key Lab Informat Engn Surveying Mapping & R, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China.

通讯作者地址: Wang, YH (通讯作者)，Wuhan Univ, Sch Resource & Environm Sci, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China.

Ren, C (通讯作者)，Wuhan Univ, State Key Lab Informat Engn Surveying Mapping & R, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China.

电子邮件地址: imrc@whu.edu.cn;wangshulingxiao@whu.edu.cn

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