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Evaluation 101: Everything you need to know to get started evaluating informal science education media

You know almost exactly what you want to do to improve the public understanding of  science and  technology. But you don’t have much of an  idea about how  to  start  to  evaluate  your project,  to  improve  its  effectiveness, and then to prove its success. Evaluation 101 to the rescue. This workshop will begin with “Why do an evaluation?” and “What is an evaluation?” and quickly follow with “How would this work with a planetarium show, website, or television  show?” We will help participants identify the products or processes in their ISE initiatives. The rationale will include interactive
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TEAM MEMBERS: Saul Rockman Jennifer Borse
resource research Media and Technology

Minimizing Errors When Developing Questionnaires

Questionnaires are used by faculty develpers, administrators, faculty, and students in higher education to assess need, conduct resarch, and evaluate teaching or learning. While used often, questionnaires, may be the most misused method of collecting information, due to htep toential for sampling error and nonsampling error, which includes questionnaire design, sample selection, nonresponse, wording, social desirability, recall, format, order, and context effects. This article ffers methods and strategies to minimize these errors during questionnaire development, discusses the improtance of
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TEAM MEMBERS: Terrie Nolinske
resource research Media and Technology

Survey Research and Evaluation Methods

This handout from the 2008 ISE PI Summit introduces participants to different evaluation methods and goals.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Terrie Nolinske
resource research Media and Technology

Financial Practices and Reporting: Strategies and Tools to Support Good Business practice

Presented at the 2008 ISE PI Summit, this presentation workshop from the Grant Management Office at NSF introduced participants to best practices and strategies for their NSF grant management practices.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Pamela Hawkins Tarsha Johnson
resource research Media and Technology

Beyond Counting Hits: Strategies for Evaluating ISE Websites

Presented at the 2008 ISE PI Summit, this workshop presentation introduced participants to considerations and strategies for evaluating ISE project websites.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Saul Rockman Jennifer Borse
resource research Media and Technology

Visitor Studies 101: Evaluating Impact and Understanding Audiences

Presented at the 2008 ISE PI Summit, this workshop presentation introduced participants to the four basic phases of evalution, an overview of exhibit and program evaluation and research, and other resources for working with a professional evaluator.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Ellen Giusti
resource research Media and Technology

Evalaution and Monitoring in the ISE Program

Presented at the 2008 ISE PI Summit, this presenation introduces viewers to evaluation in the NSF ISE (now AISL) program and the Online Project Monitoring System (OPMS).
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TEAM MEMBERS: Al DeSena
resource research Media and Technology

Putting the Framework Into Practice

Presented at the 2008 ISE PI Summit, this presentation discusses how to put the Framework for Evaluating the Impacts of ISE Projects into practice.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Sue Allen Gary Silverstein Lynn Dierking
resource research Media and Technology

Introduction to the Framework for Evaluating Impacts of Informal Science Education Projects

Presented at the 2008 ISE PI Summit, this presentation from Alan Friedman introduces the Framework for Evaluating the Impacts of Informal science Education Projects.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Alan Friedman
resource research Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks

ISE PI Summit 2008 Projects

There were 190 projects represented at the ISE PI Summit 2008.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education Al DeSena Tom Kalil Bruce Lewenstein Catherine McEver Sheila Grinell Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer Rob Semper Julie Johnson Erik Peterson Rick Borchelt Wendy Wheeler
resource research Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks

ISE PI Summit 2008 Participants

There were 251 attendees, of which 176 were representatives of NSF ISE funded projects. In addition to NSF, seven other federal agencies (CPB, DOE, IMLS, NASA, NIH, NOAA, NPS, Smithsonian) that support informal science education were also represented.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education Al DeSena Tom Kalil Bruce Lewenstein Catherine McEver Sheila Grinell Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer Rob Semper Julie Johnson Erik Peterson Rick Borchelt Wendy Wheeler
resource research Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks

ISE PI Summit 2008 Program

This program documents the agenda, particpants, and contents of the ISE PI Summit in Washington, D.C. from July 25-26, 2008.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education Janis Dickinson Steve Kelling Jason Mobley Ken Rosenberg Sheila Grinell Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer Rob Semper Julie Johnson Erik Peterson Rick Borchelt Wendy Wheeler Catherine McEver