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Effective practices for creating transformative informal science education programs grounded in Native ways of knowing

There are a growing number of informal science education (ISE) programs in Native communities that engage youth in science education and that are grounded in Native ways of knowing. There is also a growing body of research focusing on the relationship between culture, traditional knowledge, and science education. However, there is little research documenting how these programs are being developed and the ways in which culture and Western science are incorporated into the activities. This study outlines effective practices for using Native ways of knowing to strengthen ISE programs. These
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TEAM MEMBERS: Elizabeth Mack Helen Augare Linda Different Cloud-Jones David Dominique Helene Quiver Gaddie Rose Honey Angayuqaq Kawagley Melissa Little Plume-Weatherwax Lisa Lone Fight Gene Meier Pete Tachini James Rattling Leaf Elvin Returns from Scout Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyar Hi'ilani Shibata Shelly Valdez Rachel Wippert
resource evaluation Media and Technology

The Handheld Signing Math & Science Dictionaries for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Museum Visitors Research Project Field Test Evaluation Report: School Visitors

With this 3-year project, TERC and the Museum of Science (MoS) Boston are studying how family and school visitors integrate iPod Touch versions of the Signing Science Pictionary (SSP), Signing Science Dictionary (SSD), and Signing Math Dictionary (SMD) into their museum experience and the impact of dictionary use. This report focuses on school visitors. Each dictionary includes more than 700 standards-based science or mathematics terms. The SSP (funded in part by grants from the Shapiro Family Foundation and the U. S. Department of Education, Grant #H327A080040) is intended for children ages 5
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TEAM MEMBERS: TERC Inc Judy Vesel Bill Nave Tara Robillard
resource evaluation Media and Technology

DUST Evaluation: Reusability Assessment of Game Components

Intuitive Company researchers and evaluators assessed four components of the DUST Alternate Reality Game for potential reusability: 1) QTE Environment during Collapse, 2) Brain/Health Scanner Mobile App, 3) Microbe Web App, 4) Star Map Web App. We assessed reusability based on five variables (facilitation, user identification, digital access, player type, and timing) along a continuum of informal to formal learning contexts, from museums to after school programs to formal classroom settings. Our assessment revealed that the: 1. QTE Environment during the Collapse is most replayable in its
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TEAM MEMBERS: Brigham Young University, University of Maryland Jes Koepfler Nidhi Jalwal Victor Yocco
resource research Media and Technology

BISE Citations to Import into Mendeley

The EndNote library includes citations for all 520 reports that were coded as part of the Building Informal Science Education (BISE) project. PDF copies of each report are included with the citations. This is a file downloaded from EndNote that can be imported into Mendeley citation management software. Disclaimer: Citations may need to be cleaned once imported into Mendeley, as it may not be a clean transfer from EndNote.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Amy Grack Nelson
resource research Media and Technology

BISE EndNote Library

The EndNote library includes citations for all 520 reports that were coded as part of the Building Informal Science Education (BISE) project. PDF copies of each report are included with the citations.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Amy Grack Nelson
resource research Media and Technology

Exploring the BISE Project's Resources Worksheet

This worksheet helps you think through ways you might use the Building Informal Science Education (BISE) project’s resources to plan your own evaluation or learn about evaluation practices in the informal learning field.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Amy Grack Nelson
resource research Media and Technology

Folder of BISE Reports

This zip file includes the 520 reports that were downloaded from informalscience.org and coded as part of the Building Informal Science Education (BISE) project. Each of the reports is referred to by a project ID number that is used across all of the BISE resources.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Amy Grack Nelson
resource research Media and Technology

Excel File of BISE Report Level Codes

This Excel file includes all of the 520 reports coded at the report level based on the Building Informal Science Education (BISE) Coding Framework.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Amy Grack Nelson
resource research Media and Technology

Building Informal Science Education (BISE) NVivo Database

BISE’s NVivo database includes all of the coding applied by the BISE team based on the BISE Coding Framework. This includes codes that were applied to specific sections of a report (referred to as “nodes” in Nvivo) and codes that were applied to an entire report (referred to as “attributes” in Nvivo). For Mac or NVivo 9 versions, visit the VSA website at http://www.visitorstudies.org/bise.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Amy Grack Nelson
resource evaluation Public Programs

Citizen Sky Final Evaluation Report

The final evaluation report for the Citizen Sky project highlights evaluative findings from three workshops, several live online events, participant interviews, and analysis of activity and project contributions through the citizensky.org website. Appendix includes survey questions.
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TEAM MEMBERS: AAVSO Jennifer Borland
resource evaluation Public Programs

Summative Evaluation - Making Natural Connections: An Authentic Field Research Collaboration

This project has developed a highly successful model for integration of pre-college youth career exploration into authentic environmental research and restoration activities at Washington University’s field station, Tyson Research Center, and the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Shaw Nature Reserve. The Shaw Institute for Field Training (SIFT) and Tyson Environmental Research Fellowships (TERF) programs provide access to field research for St. Louis, Missouri area high school youth interested in careers related to environmental biology. SIFT is an introductory field skills training program that
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TEAM MEMBERS: Washington University Katherine Beyer Susan Flowers
resource evaluation Public Programs

Summative Evaluation: Fusion Science Theater National Training and Dissemination Program

Fusion Science Theater (FST) uses elements of playwriting to make informal science education more engaging as well as educational. FST shows incorporate an overarching scientific question that is asked and then answered by a series of participatory exercises and demonstrations. The shows also use “embedded assessment” of learning, which asks children to “vote their prediction” both before and after these activities. The FST National Training and Dissemination Program had three major goals: (1) To develop and implement a Performance Training Program to train professional audiences to perform
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TEAM MEMBERS: Madison Area Technical College Joanne Cantor