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An Assessment Instrument of Technological Literacies in Makerspaces and FabLabs

As the maker movement is increasingly adopted into K-12 schools, students are developing new competences in exploration and fabrication technologies. This study assesses learning with these technologies in K-12 makerspaces and FabLabs. Our study describes the iterative process of developing an assessment instrument for this new technological literacy, the Exploration and Fabrication Technologies Instrument, and presents findings from implementations at five schools in three countries. Our index is generalizable and psychometrically sound, and permits comparison between student confidence
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TEAM MEMBERS: Paulo Blikstein Zaza Kabayadondo Andrew P. Martin Deborah A. Fields
resource research Public Programs

Appendix - Art+Science: Broadening Youth Participation in STEM Learning

This document contains the appendices and literature review from the report "Art+Science: Broadening Youth Participation in STEM Learning." It includes assessment tools used during the project.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Bronwyn Bevan Philip Bell Lynn Scarff Shelley Stromholt Fan Kong Jane Chadwick
resource evaluation Media and Technology

Go Botany: Integrated Tools to Advance Botanical Learning: Year 4 Summative Evaluation Report

This report was completed by the Program Evaluation Research Group at Endicott College in October 2013. It describes the outcomes and impacts of a four-year, NSF-funded project called Go Botany: Integrated Tools to Advance Botanical Learning (grant number 0840186). Go Botany focuses on fostering increased interest in and knowledge of botany among youth and adults in New England. This was being done through the creation of an online flora for the region, along with the development of related tools, including PlantShare, and a user-friendly interface for ‘smartphones’. In January 2012, the PI
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TEAM MEMBERS: Judah Leblang New England Wild Flower Society
resource evaluation Summer and Extended Camps

Bridging Earth and Mars (BEAM): Program Front-end Evaluation

The Saint Louis Science Center (SLSC) project Bridging Earth and Mars (BEAM) will engage the general public and children from schools and community groups with the National Aeronautical and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) exploration of Mars through exhibits simulating control of robotic rovers on the surface of Mars as well as related educational programming. This front-end evaluation for BEAM youth programs provides information to the BEAM project team about the levels of knowledge, attitudes, and skills among low-income and minority young people who are part of the field trip workshop
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TEAM MEMBERS: Saint Louis Science Center Carey Tisdal