WaterMarks Y2 Evaluation Report

October 12th, 2023 | EVALUATION

This is the evaluation report for the second year of the NSF-funded WaterMarks project. It reflects a current summary of available evidence about the intended outcomes of program activities to date, as well as commentary on how the project is using (or could use) this information moving forward. This report describes analyses of program artifacts of community workshops (i.e., anonymized drawings and reflections resulting from group deliberations) and analyses of secondary data (i.e., documentation gathered by various members of the project team). It also includes reflections emerging from the evaluation team's "critical friend" role on the project. As the project matures, future evaluation reporting will engage participation data at a larger scale, a wider range of methods, and additional overarching questions, as described in the Background section of the report.

Appendix includes logic model.

Document

WaterMarks-Y2-Evaluation-Report-10.12.23-with-appendix.pdf

Team Members

Donnelley (Dolly) Hayde, Evaluator, COSI's Center for Research and Evaluation
Laura Weiss, Evaluator, COSI's Center for Research and Evaluation
Justin Reeves Meyer, Evaluator, COSI's Center for Research and Evaluation

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Award Number: 2115637
Funding Amount: $1,529,522.00

Related URLs

Watermarks: An Art/Science Framework for Community-Engaged Learning Around Water and Water Management in an Urban Area

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Access and Inclusion: Urban
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Discipline: Art | music | theater | Ecology | forestry | agriculture | Geoscience and geography | Social science and psychology
Resource Type: Evaluation Reports
Environment Type: Community Outreach Programs | Higher Education Programs | Informal | Formal Connections | Park | Outdoor | Garden Programs | Public Programs