Summative Evaluation: Executive Summaries, Discussion, and Recommendations for Life Tech Gallery, Innovation Gallery, Exploration Gallery, Communication Gallery

February 1st, 2000 | EVALUATION

In May 1999, Randi Korn & Associates, Inc. (RK&A), began a comprehensive summative evaluation of the four permanent galleries and the overall visitor experience of The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California. For this first phase of evaluation, there were four reports - one for each gallery. This document presents the discussion, recommendations, and executive summaries from Phase I.

Data for this phase were collected in July and August 1999. The evaluation was undertaken to document the scope of the galleries' impact and effectiveness as well as to identify elements in existing components that may need to be adjusted to improve their effectiveness. The specific objectives for Phase I of the summative evaluation were to determine:

  • how much time visitors spend in each gallery
  • how much time visitors spend at individual components
  • the components at which visitors stop
  • the environmental features visitors notice
  • the frequency of visitors' waiting to use interactive components
  • the frequency of visitors' encountering broken exhibits
  • visitors' opinions of each gallery
  • visitors' cognitive experiences in each gallery

Document

report_56.pdf

Team Members

Randi Korn, Evaluator, Randi Korn & Associates, Inc.
Tech Museum of Innovation, Contributor

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 9705633
Funding Amount: 393725

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 9627196
Funding Amount: 644738

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 9552566
Funding Amount: 306676

Related URLs

Innovation: An Exhibit to Foster Understanding of and Invite Participation in the Process of Innovation (9705633)
EXPLORATIONS: An Exhibition About the Discovery of Our World and of Worlds Beyond
Innovation: An Exhibit to Foster an Understanding of and Invite Participation in the Process of Innovation (9552566)

Tags

Audience: Evaluators | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Education and learning science | Technology
Resource Type: Evaluation Reports | Summative
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits