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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
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
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
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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resource research Media and Technology
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 Media and Technology
Based on the National Research Council study, Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits, this book is a tool that provides case studies, illustrative examples, and probing questions for practitioners. In short, this book makes valuable research accessible to those working in informal science: educators, museum professionals, university faculty, youth leaders, media specialists, publishers, broadcast journalists, and many others. Practitioners in informal science settings--museums, after-school programs, science and technology centers, media enterprises, libraries
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TEAM MEMBERS: Marilyn Fenichel Heidi Schweingruber
resource research Media and Technology
This Handbook is geared to the experienced researcher who is a novice evaluator. It orients the researcher to evaluation practice, with an emphasis on the use of qualitative techniques to augment quantitative measures.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Joy Frechtling Laure Sharp
resource research Media and Technology
The March 12-13, 2007 workshop at NSF on informal science education evaluation brought together a distinguished group of experts to discuss how impact categories might be best applied to various types of informal learning projects. This publication is an outcome of that meeting. The authors have strived to make the sections as helpful as possible given the primary focus of this workshop on project impacts. It should be viewed as part of an ongoing process to improve the ways in which evaluation can most benefit ISE projects, NSF, and the field. The publication is intended to help those
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resource research Media and Technology
Presentation slides on submitting competitive Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) proposals, originally presented at the 2012 Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) Annual Conference
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TEAM MEMBERS: National Science Foundation
resource evaluation Media and Technology
In October 2009, the Tennessee Aquarium began an ambitious program, Connecting Tennessee to the World Ocean (CTWO), funded by a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. CTWO consists of several individual projects, all intended to increase the ocean literacy of Aquarium audiences and to promote their adoption of an ocean stewardship ethic. This evaluation report summarizes the extent to which the Aquarium accomplished these goals over the 3-year project period. The five project components and their key associated evaluation findings follow. 1. Classroom-based activities
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TEAM MEMBERS: Christopher Horne Tennessee Aquarium
resource evaluation Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks
In August 2009, The Ohio State University at Lima (OSU) received a three-year award from the NSF Division of Research on Learning Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Program for It's About Discovery (IAD). IAD was a partnership between OSU Lima, the University of North Carolina Greensboro, and regional rural schools in Northwest Ohio and North Carolina that equipped teachers to teach new Ford Partnership for Advanced Study (PAS) science curriculum, focused on the theme of Working Towards Sustainability. Ford PAS is focused on transforming teaching and learning
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TEAM MEMBERS: Rucha Londhe Ohio State University University of North Carolina Greensboro Markeisha Grant Colleen Manning Irene F Goodman
resource evaluation Public Programs
In spring 2009, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (Museum) contracted with JVA Consulting, LLC (JVA) to conduct a comprehensive process and outcome evaluation of the Passport to Health (P2H) program. The Museum designed P2H, originally a three-year program funded by the Colorado Health Foundation (the Foundation), to improve health outcomes for fifth-grade students as well as their families and teachers throughout the Denver metro area. Passport to Health has seven components, designed to complement each other and help the Museum achieve its stated program goals. The seven components
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TEAM MEMBERS: JVA Consulting, LLC Denver Museum of Nature & Science