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resource research Media and Technology
By using widely-available technologies, this project brings fully online instructional coaching in STEM to out-of-school educators who live too remotely to attend ongoing in-person workshops.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Sue Allen Perrin Chick Scott Byrd Alexandria Brasili Liv Detrick Lynn Farrin Hannah Lakin
resource research Public Programs
We hired 1-3 residents of rural communities to serve as STEM Guides”, connecting youth to informal STEM experiences.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Sue Allen Jan Mokros Jennifer Atkinson Scott Byrd Kate Kastelein
resource research Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks
The 60 million people who live in rural settings are often overlooked as a significantly underrepresented STEM audience. In Sept 2018, a small invited conference brought together innovators and experts in rural STEM learning outside of school, to share lessons learned and plan next steps.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Sue Allen Janice Mokros Tom Keller
resource research Public Programs
What if researchers and interpreters had a better way of eliciting, supporting and extending the interests that visitors bring with them to the park? This poster describing the iSWOOP project was presented at the 2019 NSF AISL Principal Investigators Meeting.
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resource research Informal/Formal Connections
In the face of geographic isolation & turnover, how can informal STEM programs maintain community to change rural school culture? This poster was presented at the 2019 NSF AISL PI Meeting.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Susan Assouline Lori Ihrig Duhita Mahatmya
resource research Public Programs
Why Zoos and Aquariums Matter (WZAM3) conference presentaiton slides for the 2018 ASTC Annual Conference (Hartford, CT) and the NAAEE 2018 Annual Conference and Research Symposium (Spokane, WA).
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TEAM MEMBERS: Martin Storksdieck John Fraser Joe E Heimlich Kelly Riedinger Mary Ann Wotjon Rupu Gupta John Voiklis
resource research Public Programs
The project asks, “What are the real outcomes of the zoo or aquarium enterprise, both as a visitor destination and as a public voice in public media?” and has the following three aims: To understand how visitor goals and behavior impact learning. To understand how the conservation education agenda of most Z/As interlaces with those goals. To understand how the public situates the voice of Z/As in society. Project poster presented at the 2019 AISL PI Meeting in Alexandria, VA.
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resource research Public Programs
We present results of an experimental study of an urban, museum-based science teacher PD programme. A total of 125 teachers and 1676 of their students in grades 4–8 were tested at the beginning and end of the school year in which the PD programme took place. Teachers and students were assessed on subject content knowledge and attitudes towards science, along with teacher classroom behaviour. Subject content questions were mostly taken from standardised state tests and literature, with an ‘Explain:’ prompt added to some items. Teachers in the treatment group showed a 7% gain in subject content
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resource research Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks
A group of 12 researchers gathered at MSI to discuss issues surrounding the critical but challenging area of how to measure the long-term effects or impacts of ISE experiences, chaired by Dr. John Falk, Oregon State University and Institute for Learning Innovation, and hosted by Aaron Price, Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago, (MSI) on July 18, 2018. All the invitees had expertise and experience in this area, resulting in a rich conversation based equally in theory and practice. The goal of the discussion was to build on the collective experience of the group to identify and address key
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resource research Media and Technology
SciGirls CONNECT 2 is a three-year NSF project that examines how the gender equitable and culturally responsive strategies currently employed in the SciGirls informal STEM educational program influences middle school girls’ STEM identity formation.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Rita Karl Alicia Santiago Karen Peterson Roxanne Hughes
resource research Public Programs
In this participatory research project, a partnership between the Kitty Andersen Youth Science Center (KAYSC) and the Department of Evaluation and Research in Learning at the Science Museum of Minnesota, participants are working to rename and reclaim theory and research methods so as to foster relevance and equity. We have renamed the theory of science capital: "science capitxl" signals its roots in equity work and invites questioning. We are using what we have called "embedded research practices" for data generation and analysis. This poster was shared at the 2019 AISL PI meeting.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Shannon McManimon
resource research Public Programs
This poster was presented at the 2019 AISL PI Meeting, and describes the evaluation of the STEM Scouts program.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Jennifer Urban Miriam Linver