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Youth Teamwork Skills Survey: Manual and Survey
Date: 11/21/2018Resource Category: SurveySTEM out-of-school time (OST) programs play an important role in helping youth develop the 21st century skills they need to prepare them for the workforce, particularly the teamwork skills necessary for the growing collaborative nature of work in STEM (National Research Council, 2015). However, there is a lack of appropriate tools to evaluate this ... »
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Girls' Interest in Nature and Science Scale (GINSS)
Date: 12/03/2015Resource Category: ScaleIn support of a summative evaluation of SciGirls Season Three, Multimedia Research developed a scale to assess preteen girls’ interest in nature and science. The work was sponsored by Twin Cities PBS under NSF Grant No. 1323713. Multimedia Research developed, piloted, validated and implemented the GINSS: A nine statement Likert scale constructed ... »
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Summative Evaluation: Fusion Science Theater National Training and Dissemination Program
Date: 06/30/2015Resource Category: SummativeFusion 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 ... »
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Mission: Solar System Evaluation
Date: 01/02/2015Resource Category: Evaluation ReportsThis evaluation reports on the Mission: Solar System project, a 2-year project funded by NASA. The goal of the Mission: Solar System was to create a collection of resources that integrates digital media with hands-on science and engineering activities to support kids’ exploration in formal and informal education settings. Our goal in creating the ... »
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OMCA Evaluation Instruments Samples
Date: 09/02/2014Resource Category: Research and Evaluation InstrumentsThese are samples of observation/interview testing instruments that were used in front end studies with recruited visitors to experience habitat case "interventions" such as guide cards and question prompts; and understanding concepts for a digital interactive. ... »
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Community STEM Outreach: Summative Evaluation
Date: 11/18/2013Resource Category: SummativeThe Community STEM Outreach Project at the Saint Louis Science Center (SLSC) received funding from the United States Office of Naval Research (ONR) from October 2010 through September 2013. Klein Consulting, with support from Tisdal Consulting, conducted the evaluation of the three-year project. The original proposal from the SLSC to ONR laid the ... »
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Chemistry at the Space-Time Limit Boys and Girls Club Program Summative Evaluation and Final Report
Date: 09/01/2013Resource Category: SummativeThe Center for Chemistry at the Space-Time Limit (CaSTL)’s outreach program in collaboration with the California Science Project at Irvine (CSPI), housed at the Center for Educational Partnerships at UC Irvine designed, created, implemented, and consistently refined a science program for 8-12 year old students at the Boys and Girls Club(BGC) in ... »
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Plastics Unwrapped: A Summative for the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Date: 06/24/2013Resource Category: SummativeThis summative evaluation study examines visitors' experiences of the "Plastics Unwrapped" exhibit at the Burke Museum of Natural History, Seattle, WA. The exhibit explores the complicated legacy of plastic, and the ways in which it has improved life, but not without serious impact on people and the environment. Within a framework of four ... »
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Impact of Museum of Science’s Research Communication Laboratory Program on Research Presentation Skills of Graduate Students
Date: 02/08/2013Resource Category: Evaluation ReportsLearning to design and deliver research information customized for particular audiences is one major goal of the Museum of Science’s Research Communication Laboratory (RCL). Judging of short research presentations by an independent judge revealed that graduate students from MIT’s Center for Excitonics who participated in RCL demonstrated ... »
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New Ecological Paradigm Scale for Children (NEP-C)
Date: 10/26/2011Resource Category: ScaleThe New Ecological Paradigm for Children is modeled after the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) and the New Ecological Paradigm-Revised (NEP-Revised) for adults. The survey contains 10 questions assessing three subscales that contribute to one’s “environmental world view” including “rights of nature,” “eco-crisis,” and “human exceptionalism.” ... »