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IMLS-KU Natural History Museum Project Summative Assessment Report

July 23, 2022 | Media and Technology

This assessment serves as the summative assessment of the IMLS-funded project at KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum: Natural History Mystery: Immersing families in a problem-solving game using museum collections. The assessment employs a mixed methods approach, in which both quantitative and qualitative data are collected. More specifically, quantitative data are generated from surveys that are administered to participants at the beginning and end of the game and analyzed by using descriptive statistics (i.e., mean, standard deviation, and histogram) and paired sample t-test. Qualitative data are generated from the evaluator’s observations of participants’ interactions when playing the game and the interviews of participants at the end of the game. The data are analyzed by using themes. 

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Haiying Long
    Evaluator
    University of Kansas
  • MacDonald web grain cropped
    Principal Investigator
    University of Kansas (KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum)
  • Citation

    Funders

    IMLS
    Funding Program: Museums for America
    Award Number: MA-249109-OMS-21
    Resource Type: Evaluation Reports
    Discipline: Ecology, forestry, and agriculture | Health and medicine | Life science
    Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Evaluators | Families | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum/ISE Professionals | Pre-K Children (0-5)
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Games, Simulations, and Interactives

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