Abstract
Data science is a recently evolved area of scientific inquiry, where data, often collected by others, is analyzed by independent investigators to draw new conclusions. As such, data literacy needs to be incorporated into authentic research activities. The earth sciences in particular have a trove of data that resides in national data centers as well as individual investigators’ labs, which can be repurposed to provide the inputs for students to make their own inquiries into the data. With the amount of data available, students can make more substantive conclusions than if relying just on data they’ve collected themselves.
Keywords
data curation, authentic learning, classroom enhancement
Date of this Version
12-3-2012
Recommended Citation
Branch, Benjamin D. and Fosmire, Michael, "The Role of Interdisciplinary GIS and Data Curation Librarians in Enhancing Authentic Scientific Research in the Classroom" (2012). Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations. Paper 33.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lib_fspres/33
Comments
This poster from abstract reference number ED43A-0727 was presented during the American Geophysical Union conference, Fall Meeting on December 3-7, 2012 in San Francisco, California.