Facilitating Scientific Inquiry using CITYgreen and the Problem-Study Framework

Abstract

The Problem-Study framework is an approach to learning and lesson design that identifies the strategies and skills that make science a form of creative, critical, and analytical thinking. This framework was used to design and analyze a place-based inquiry approach to learning about the environment where teachers and students used the CITYgreen software, an extension to ArcView 3.x by ESRI. Findings indicate that using the Problem-Study framework to guide the design and evaluation of the curriculum, as well as assessment of student learning, was successful. Teachers learned to build engaging, real-world projects to teach geography, enhance students' computer skills, improve math and science knowledge, and to develop an understanding of how ecosystems function. Students’ problem-solving skills improved.

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