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resource evaluation Afterschool Programs
The Arctic Harvest-Public Participation in Scientific Research (which encompasses the Winterberry Citizen Science program), a four-year citizen science project looking at the effect of climate change on berry availability to consumers has made measurable progress advancing our understanding of key performance indicators of highly effective citizen science programs.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Angela Larson Kelly Kealy Makaela Dickerson
resource research Exhibitions
This guide shares some of the successes and challenges behind the Science Museum of Minnesota’s Cardboard City exhibition and our partnership with museums across the country through Cardboard Collaborative.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Marjorie Bequette Laura Geake Megan Goeke Sarah Lukowski Robby Callahan Schreiber Bette Schmit
resource research Exhibitions
The Cardboard Collaborative is the product of 10 years of work at the Science Museum of Minnesota and part of a larger collaboration with local community organizations to center BIPOC family priorities and experiences. This guide is intended to share what they have learned and support others to create their own cardboard maker worlds.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Marjorie Bequette Laura Geake
resource research
Despite the centrality of racialized difference to evaluation, the field has yet to develop a body of literature or guidelines for practice that advance understanding of difference and inequality, including its own role therein. The purpose of this study was to broaden understanding of observed differences and inequality in evaluation beyond individuals and individual lifetimes.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Vidhya Shanker
resource evaluation Museum and Science Center Exhibits
This document presents the final evaluation report for the NSF-funded AISL project: "Multimodal Visitor Analytics: Investigating Naturalistic Engagement with Interactive Tabletop Science Exhibits." 
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TEAM MEMBERS: Cathy Ringstaff
resource evaluation K-12 Programs
This report provides an overview of the rationale and design of the STEM Excellence Project, the key findings and takeaways from the research, and future directions for raising the aspirations of rural students for success in STEM fields.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Joni Lakin Tamra Stambaugh
resource research K-12 Programs
This document provides information about the quantitative and qualitative data collected and analyzed for this project with hopes that it informs future research and evaluation efforts for STEM education in rural contexts.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Duhita Mahatmya Lori Ihrig Elmira Jangjou Stephanie Lynch Susan Assouline
resource evaluation Exhibitions
We examined an approach to reaching audiences who may not ordinarily engage with science. Termed Guerilla Science, this approach blends elements of access, by removing barriers to participation by embedding science into unexpected places, with those of inclusion, by designing activities that speak to the learning identities of participants.
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resource research Exhibitions
Re-Living Paleontology conducted usability and comparison studies on immersion and interactivity in augmented reality (AR) and visitors' engagement and understanding of science. Two "Tar AR" experiences were designed and studied.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Benjamin D. Nye William Swartout David Nelson Gale M. Sinatra Emily Lindsey Molly Porter
resource research Exhibitions
The open-access proceedings from this conference are available in both English and Spanish.
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TEAM MEMBERS: John Voiklis Jena Barchas-Lichtenstein Uduak Grace Thomas Bennett Attaway Lisa Chalik Jason Corwin Kevin Crowley Michelle Ciurria Colleen Cotter Martina Efeyini Ronnie Janoff-Bulman Jacklyn Grace Lacey Reyhaneh Maktoufi Bertram Malle Jo-Elle Mogerman Laura Niemi Laura Santhanam
resource research Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks
This Informal Learning Review article briefly recounts the activities of Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education's (CAISE) over three award periods, from 2007 through 2022. It includes links to key CAISE resources and event documentation. CAISE sunsetted its activities in early 2022 and passed the baton of leadership of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program resource center to REVISE- the Reimagining Equity and Values in Informal STEM Education center.
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TEAM MEMBERS: James Bell David Ucko
resource research Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks
This resource presents a list of categories of “imaginative ways of thinking” as well as word clouds illustrating the huge range of ways imagination is described in literature at the intersections of imagination and STEM. This resource reflects results from a comprehensive review of 137 pieces of literature addressing the intersections of imagination and STEM.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Sarah May Sonya Harvey-Justiniano