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Using Art & Culture to Engage Students in the Geosciences
Niccole Villa Cerveny, Ph.D.Geography Faculty
Mesa Community College
The Background
• I am a Geomorphologist• My personal research has aided Archaeology– The RASI Project
• I believe in involving students in research• NSF believes in my involving students in
research• Accidental Affective Domain??
What is RASI
• The Rock Art Stability Index, or RASI, is designed to provide an easy-to-train, cost-effective triage assessment for rock panels in danger of natural or human-induced decay
• NSF CCLI - Collaborative Research: Using the Rock Art Stability Index to Engage Community College Students in Field-Based Interdisciplinary Research
Why is Rock Art Important?
What do the students do?
Rock Art Stability IndexRock Art Stability Index
Setting & geologic structure
Panel weaknesses Evidence of large erosion
events on and below the panel
Evidence of small erosion events on the panel
Rock coatings on the panel Vandalism & other modern
problems
Setting & geologic structure
Panel weaknesses Evidence of large erosion
events on and below the panel
Evidence of small erosion events on the panel
Rock coatings on the panel Vandalism & other modern
problems
Rock Art Stability Index (RASI) Easy to use with minimal
training Allows for complexity
with additional funding Replicable Field worker and site
manager adjustment Cost Effective Status color coding
scheme (“no urgent issues” to “in great danger of loss”)
Mappable with a GIS existing and future
spatial analytical strategies
Security is critical
Unexpected Results
• All students engaged in the project - using science to value the cultural resource– Concept Map/Pre-
Post Tests
• Women and minority students significantly more
What does this mean?
• By adding art and culture, you give students a reason to value what might otherwise seem rather tedious
Special Thanks to:National Science Foundation (DUE-0837451)Petrified Forest National Park
Jason Theuer, Park ArchaeologistMaricopa County Community College District
Mesa CampusArizona State University
Dr. R.I. Dorn & StudentsUniversity of Colorado – Denver
Dr. Case Allen & StudentsAll of the MCC RASI Team Students