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A real-time, online checklist program, eBird has revolutionized the way that the birding community reports and accesses information about birds. eBird provides rich data sources for basic information on bird...
DATES: January 1st, 2002 - January 1st, 2002
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This poster was presented at the April 2011 workshop, Engaging and Learning for Conservation. It describes the eBirding citizen science program, including its methods, findings and conclusions....
DATE: January 1st, 2011
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Eclipse| is a one-hour program within the prime-time series NOVA, to be broadcast nationally during the 1991-92 season on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). The program will document the total...
DATES: July 1st, 1991 - June 30th, 1992
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The Ecological Society of America will host an Ecology and Education Summit in the fall of 2010. It will bring together leaders of diverse national ecology and environmental education organizations...
DATES: August 15th, 2010 - July 31st, 2011
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Maine is a rural state with unequal access to computers and information technology. To remedy this, the Maine laptop program supplies iBooks to every seventh and eighth grade student in...
DATES: September 1st, 2005 - August 31st, 2010
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This report presents findings of a summative evaluation by Randi Korn & Associates, Inc. (RK&A) of the Extreme Zone section in the Ecosystems exhibition, a project funded by the National...
DATE: March 1st, 2011
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This presentation at an interagency meeting to discuss informal STEM programming. The presentation discusses the Games for Learning initiative through the Department of Education's Small Business Innovation Program (SBIR)....
DATE: November 4th, 2014
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In this Editor's Note, guest editor Linda A. (Nikki) Black summarizes the content of this issue of "Visitor Behavior" and explains its goal to demonstrate the importance of evaluation to...
DATE: January 1st, 1989
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In this journal preface, Hans-Joachim Klein of the University of Karlsruhe, introduces this special issue of "Visitor Behavior" that concentrates on visitor research in Germany....
DATE: January 1st, 1996
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In this editorial comment, guest editor Ross Loomis introduces an issue of "Visitor Behavior" devoted to examples of art museum audience research....
DATE: January 1st, 1989
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In this article, "Visitor Studies Today" Editor Chris Parsons discusses resources for planning and budgeting for evaluation projects. Parsons suggests several websites that offer overviews from different perspectives for professionals...
DATE: September 1st, 2003
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Americans have long recognized that investments in public education contribute to the common good, enhancing national prosperity and supporting stable families, neighborhoods, and communities. Education is even more critical today,...
DATE: May 8th, 2012
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The Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education (FASE) is requesting a planning grant to explore the feasibility and potential of establishing a specialized educational news service aimed at both...
DATES: September 1st, 1994 - February 29th, 1996
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NASA STEM Educational Project for the Goddard Greenbelt and Wallops Visitor Center and the Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Facility Education Resource Center is a project designed to provide high...
DATES: January 24th, 2013 - December 31st, 2013
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Naturejobs.com article called “Education: Free-range learning,” highlighting some of the benefits of and challenges for informal science education. The article includes quotes and examples from project leaders in citizen science,...
DATE: February 1st, 2013
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In this article, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Don Thompson summarizes a portion of a dissertation research project that focuses on the relationship between people's educational background and their perceptions of exhibits....
DATE: January 1st, 1992
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With funding from Atlantic Philanthropies, the Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) contracted Randi Korn & Associates, Inc. (RK&A) to evaluate the Traveling Through Time (TTT) program, a...
DATE: October 1st, 2010
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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum contracted RK&A for the 2006-2010 study The Art of Problem Solving (APS). The APS study was the second of two studies funded by the U.S....
DATE: May 1st, 2010
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This study provides a historical overview of the development of the instructional television as a tool within the context of science education. The technology was traced from its beginning as...
DATE: September 1st, 2000
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This study analyzes the short-term consequences of visitors' use of different types of exhibits (i.e., “exemplars of phenomena” and “analogy based”) together with the factors affecting visitors' understanding of and...
DATE: November 1st, 2007
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This paper is a summary of presentation and panel discussion at the 1990 Visitor Studies Conference held in Washington, D.C. This discussion between evaluators and educators focused on their commitment...
DATE: January 1st, 1991
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Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) programs in out-of-school time (OST) are designed to supplement school work, ignite student interest, and extend STEM learning. From interactive museum exhibits to summer-long science...
DATE: March 1st, 2014
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This article focuses on three approaches to STEM in out-of-school time that would be instructive for any organization seeking to develop STEM opportunities for teen girls. While Techbridge and Queens...
DATE: March 1st, 2013
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The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) conducted a national survey of in-service teachers participating in Project ASTRO. The survey results document (1) the value that teachers place on supplemental...
DATE: September 1st, 2006
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We used meta-analysis to review 55 evaluations of the effects of mentoring programs on youth. Overall, findings provide evidence of only a modest or small benefit of program participation for...
DATE: April 1st, 2002
