Teaching Numerical Groundwater Flow Modeling with Spreadsheets

Gómez‐Hernández, J. Jaime

doi:10.1007/s11004-022-10002-4

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“…Figure 10 is an example from a student who conducted the groundwater modeling exercise for the sand tank using the finite-difference method and automatic calibration of hydraulic conductivity with the measured discharge. The reader could check the latest work on groundwater modeling via spreadsheets by Gómez-Hernández (2022). Box 3 is a sample assignment for a groundwater modeling class at the graduate level.…”

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Teaching Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Modeling via a Sand-Tank Model

Davis

2022

Math Geosci

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In this study, a sand-tank model as a physical analog of a real-world aquifer is presented for groundwater instruction. The sand tank is used for introducing flow nets and quantifying groundwater flow, for groundwater modeling and calibration via a spreadsheet, and for dye-transport modeling. Students learn from the sand tank through interaction and visualization, and by collecting and interpreting data. This integrates the theories from lectures into the sand-tank laboratories, enhancing students’ skills and understanding.

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“…Rodhe (2012) used physical models for classroom teaching. Gómez-Hernández (2022) employed spreadsheets to teach numerical groundwater flow modeling. All the approaches above are aimed at emphasizing fundamental knowledge and stimulating student engagement.…”

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Teaching Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Modeling via a Sand-Tank Model

Davis

2022

Math Geosci

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Teaching Numerical Groundwater Flow Modeling with Spreadsheets: Unconfined Aquifers and Multilayered Vertical Cross-Sections

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Secci

2023

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The Interference of Pre-Processing Software for the Numerical Simulation of Groundwater on the Cognition of Environmental Students: Model Mesh Construction as an Example

Zhang

Huang

2023

IJERPH

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(1) Background: Software for the numerical simulation of groundwater plays an important role in studying environmental problems. However, it is still unclear whether the pre-processing software of the numerical simulation of groundwater has a negative effect on the cognition of undergraduates in the environmental field who only have basic groundwater flow and solute transport knowledge and software operation skills. (2) Methods: To explore this issue, we used software meshing as an example and selected undergraduates in the environmental field to conduct the questionnaire surveys. A total of 345 undergraduate answer sheets were received, and data analysis was carried out. The students were divided into two groups, one with and another without certain basic groundwater flow and solute transport knowledge or software operation skills. (3) Results: For undergraduate students with some basic knowledge or software operation ability, the proportion of students whose cognition was adversely interfered with by the pre-processing software was 64.3%, and the ratio of students not interfered with was 35.7%. For undergraduates without groundwater flow and solute transport knowledge and relevant software operation skills, the ratios were 63.2% and 36.8%, respectively. (4) Conclusions: Pre-processing software numerical simulation of groundwater could negatively interfere with students’ cognition. The basic groundwater flow and solute transport knowledge and software operation skills did not observably reduce the interference degree (p = 0.259) but had significant influences on the undergraduates’ thinking modes on the numerical simulation problems (p = 0.009). The interference was mainly caused by the significant difference between the level of knowledge possessed by the students and that represented by the pre-processing software. This paper provides basic scientific data for the optimization of students’ knowledge structures and the improvement of teaching methods.

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Teaching Numerical Groundwater Flow Modeling with Spreadsheets

Cited by 3 publications

References 11 publications

Teaching Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Modeling via a Sand-Tank Model

Teaching Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Modeling via a Sand-Tank Model

Teaching Numerical Groundwater Flow Modeling with Spreadsheets: Unconfined Aquifers and Multilayered Vertical Cross-Sections

The Interference of Pre-Processing Software for the Numerical Simulation of Groundwater on the Cognition of Environmental Students: Model Mesh Construction as an Example

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