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This study shines light on the complex relationship between student beliefs and student behaviour in the particular context of climate change. Findings indicate that affecting student behaviour is more complicated...
DATE: January 1st, 2014
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This paper outlines the methodology and findings of a front-end evaluation conducted by staff at the Science Museum at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in preparation of opening a...
DATE: January 1st, 1994
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Project Green Reach (PGR) is a children's program that has offered garden-based youth education since 1990. PGR focuses on Grade K-8 students and teachers from local Title...
DATE: July 1st, 2009
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Reports effects of an outdoor field trip on learning within the context of a community-based Summery Ecology Program for children between 7 and 13 years of age. Results include the...
DATE: July 1st, 1981
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This report offers an assessment of environmental literacy in America that is both sobering and hopeful. This summary of almost a decade of NEETF (National Environmental Education & Training Foundation)...
DATE: September 1st, 2005
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National Public Radio is seeking to expand its coverage of scientific issues in two ways: through the creation of a new Environmental Reporting Unit, and through the introduction of SCIENCE...
DATES: September 1st, 1992 - February 28th, 1997
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The "Environmental Science Information Technology Activities (ESITA)" based at the Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) at UC-Berkeley is a three-year, youth-based proposal that seeks to engage 144 inner-city ninth and...
DATES: September 10th, 2003 - August 31st, 2008
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Natural history has all but disappeared from formal education in the United States. This places the responsibility of introducing people to natural history within nonformal educational settings, with interpretive naturalists...
DATE: January 1st, 2011
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This 31 question instrument evaluates students' attitudes towards the environment including nature, pollution, and living environments....
DATE: November 30th, 2010
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Across the last forty years, epidemiology has developed into a vibrant scientific discipline that brings together the social and biological sciences, incorporating everything from statistics to the philosophy of science...
DATE: June 21st, 2012
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In this article, Susan Fisher of the Harn Museum of Art and John J. Koran, Jr. of the Florida Museum of Natural History discuss their study designed to demonstrate the...
DATE: January 1st, 1995
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In this article we examine educational assessment in the 21st century. Digital learning environments emphasize learning in action. In such environments, assessments need to focus on performance in context rather...
DATE: January 1st, 2009
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In this study, detailed observations and interviews from a high school student's semester-long cooperative (co-op) placement in a dental practice are used to exemplify Hung's theoretical approach to understanding situated...
DATE: January 1st, 2004
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Measures students' views about the nature of knowledge and learning in the physical sciences along five non-orthogonal dimensions (structure of scientific knowledge, nature of knowing and learning, real-life applicability, evolving...
DATE: November 7th, 2008
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Informal science education (ISE) is a popular pursuit, with millions of people visiting science museums, science centres, zoos, botanic gardens, aquaria, science festivals and more around the world. Questions remain,...
DATE: September 22nd, 2014
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Biological sampling procedures that remove organisms or litter from the system being studied potentially bias the results. Bias can be estimated by considering the experimenter as a consumer in the...
DATE: May 24th, 1974
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With the line between research and evaluation blurring, more ISE projects are employing evaluation and must now meet formal requirements for protecting human subjects. What ethical and legal considerations do...
DATE: July 26th, 2008
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In this paper, Sandra Bicknell and Ben Gammon, of the National Museum of Science and Industry in London, question and debate issues related to ethics and morals, specifically in relation...
DATE: January 1st, 1996
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Rockman et al (REA) conducted an independent summative evaluation of the Eutelelost Tree of Life: Web Module. The Euteleost Tree of Life (EToL) is a collaborative National Science Foundation research...
DATE: July 1st, 2013
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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)....
DATE: July 26th, 2008
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This paper outlines the methodology and findings of a study that analyzed the effects of zoo-based educational approaches on the knowledge of, and attitude toward, wildlife conservation among Colombian fourth-grade...
DATE: January 1st, 1994
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This paper examines the summative evaluations of two exhibits at the Please Touch Museum: "Foodtastic Journey" and "Gateway to China". By contrasting and comparing the most and least engaging components...
DATE: January 1st, 1993
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This paper discusses objectives, methods, and findings from a 1992 comprehensive evaluation of the Children's Museum, part of the Canadian Museum of Civilization. This classical program evaluation aimed to inform...
DATE: January 1st, 1994
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In this article, University of Florida researchers John J. Koran, Jr., Mary Lou Koran, and Jim Ellis present a review of research on the effectiveness of field trip experience and...
DATE: January 1st, 1989
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This article describes an evaluation project that measured the effectiveness of particular communication strategies in the Kelp Forest feeding program at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. During the Kelp Forest program...
DATE: January 1st, 2003
