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Summative

Advocate Grant Program Evaluation

October 3, 2017 | Public Programs, Informal/Formal Connections
The Society for Science and the Public’s Advocate Grant Program provides selected Advocates with funding, resources, and information. Advocates include classroom teachers, school and district administrators, university professors, and informal science educators in community-based programs. The role of the Advocate is to support three or more underserved middle or high school students in the process of advancing from conducting a scientific research or engineering design project to entering a scientific competition. Advocates receive a stipend of $3,000; opportunities to meet and interact with their cohort both in-person and throughout the program duration, and ongoing training and support from the Society. This summative evaluation focuses on the 2016-2017 cohort with 31 Advocates from across the United States and the 517 students supported through the program. Data for this report include 31 Advocate surveys, 29 Advocate interviews, responses from an online survey of 244 Advocates’ students, and responses from a comparison group of 275 students who had completed research projects and completed a similar survey. The technical report (included here) provides information on methodology and additional data details. Surveys are included in appendixes.

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Kit square
    Evaluator
    Insight For Learning Practices LLC
  • 2014 10 23 01a2764ce1d28af2e21bf9cc169043e30182995a5d
    Evaluator
    Tisdal Consulting
  • Citation

    Funders

    Private Foundation
    Resource Type: Research and Evaluation Instruments | Survey | Evaluation Reports
    Discipline: Education and learning science | Engineering | General STEM | Nature of science
    Audience: Middle School Children (11-13) | Youth/Teen (up to 17) | Administration/Leadership/Policymakers | Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals | Scientists | Evaluators | Learning Researchers
    Environment Type: Afterschool Programs | Community Outreach Programs | Informal/Formal Connections | K-12 Programs

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