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DragonflyTV Formative Evaluation of Three Shows

April 17, 2002 | Media and Technology
With support from the National Science Foundation and Best Buy, Twin Cities Public Television has produced a science series for children. Entitled "DragonflyTV," the series presents real kids engaged in real science to promote the process of science inquiry in viewers. This formative evaluation gathered feedback from 5th and 6th graders in response to three 28 minute videos, presented one per week. The following were the general research goals:
  • To evaluate change in student ability to design an experiment
  • To measure change in interest in doing one's own science investigation
  • To determine differences in student ratings of the importance of four procedures in science investigation
  • The interview protocol used in this study is featured on page 25 of the report.
  • To look for impact on attitude toward the corporate sponsor's involvement in helping kids learn
  • To assess appeal of the series of three shows overall and of individual segments.
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  • 2013 06 04 B Flagg Photo
    Evaluator
    Multimedia Research
  • Twin Cities Public Television
    Contributor
  • Citation

    Funders

    NSF
    Funding Program: ISE/AISL
    Award Number: 9909828
    Funding Amount: 1089290
    Donor
    Resource Type: Research and Evaluation Instruments | Interview Protocol | Evaluation Reports
    Discipline: Education and learning science | Nature of science
    Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Broadcast Media

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