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Emphasizing the intersection of policy and politics, this paper uses Theda Skocpolâs polity-centered approach (1992) to analyze two key moments in the history of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers...
DATE: October 1st, 2010
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Hoosier Riverwatch promotes stewardship of Indiana's waterways through a volunteer stream monitoring and water quality education program. Hoosier Riverwatch is a state-sponsored water quality monitoring initiative. The program was started...
DATES: January 1st, 1994 - January 1st, 1994
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In this article, Linda WIlson presents evaluation findings associated with the Shedd Aquarium's "Frogs!" exhibit, special events, and products....
DATE: January 1st, 1997
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These conference proceedings summarize ""hot topic"" presentations on pressing issues in ISE at the 2010 ISE Summit....
DATE: March 4th, 2010
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This project comprises the NSF-funded portion of the renovation of a 25,000 sq. ft. natural history gallery called "CHANGING CALIFORNIA." ORIGINAL PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) will...
DATES: October 1st, 2009 - September 30th, 2014
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Scholars and pundits alike argue that U.S. scientists could do more to reach out to the general public. Yet, to date, there have been few systematic studies that examine how...
DATE: May 9th, 2012
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has tried to narrow the gap between science and society with its Broader Impacts requirement. The authors analyzed the proposed broader impacts of proposals funded...
DATE: February 11th, 2013
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Multi-site evaluations are becoming increasingly common in federal funding portfolios. Although much thought has been given to multi-site evaluation, there has been little emphasis on how it might interact with...
DATE: January 1st, 2003
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This report presents the findings of a qualitative study that asked 38 secondary science teachers, âHow can natural history museums effectively support science teaching and learning?â A partnership of four...
DATE: January 1st, 2006
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This study identifies the elements of natural pedagogical conversations during an internship in a science laboratory. It offers ISE practitioners insight into how scientists teach science in their labs, how...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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Despite robust research literature on the need for and benefits of summer learning programs, surprisingly few federal policies target summer specifically as a time to support healthy youth development and...
DATE: March 1st, 2007
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This presentation from the January 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Education examines identity formation in middle school science, presenting informal education programs as a way to...
DATE: January 1st, 2012
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In this article, Jacksonville State University's Stephen Bitgood and Donald Thompson discuss findings from two studies, one that evaluated how people perceive museums, parks, and zoos in terms of 27...
DATE: January 1st, 1987
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This project is designed to improve communication between scientists and the public focusing on the role of evidence in science. It is a two-year project that includes: 1) implementing a...
DATES: July 1st, 2005 - June 30th, 2009
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This paper reports the results of a study designed to determine people's preferences for different types of Web-based educational activity. Researchers identified six activity types for comparison: Creative Play, Guided...
DATE: May 1st, 2002
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In this article, Britt Raphling and Shauna Keane-Timberlake, of the Adler Planetarium, discuss the new building addition that was slated to open in the summer of 1998. The authors briefly...
DATE: January 1st, 1997
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In this article, Katharine T. Corbett, formerly of the Missouri Historical Society, examines how visitor meaning making can be stimulated by exhibitry that explicitly addresses the social construction of history,...
DATE: July 1st, 1999
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This paper explores the role of questioning in scientific meaning-making as families talk, look and gesture in front of realistic and artful dioramas at the Natural History Museum of Los...
DATE: January 1st, 2004
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This presenation at the 2010 ISE Summit introduced attendees to different opportunities for federal funding for ISE projects....
DATE: March 4th, 2010
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In this paper, Chris Parsons discusses professional development, specifically the professional development of museum studies graduate students at J.F.K. University in Orinda, CA. Parsons also describes lessons he learned from...
DATE: January 1st, 1993
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This study compared grandparent-grandchild groups who experienced an informal science exhibition by visiting a museum or by visiting a website. Although intergenerational learning is often the focus of visitor research,...
DATE: April 1st, 2007
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The paper describes how middle school students appropriated and transformed a particular learning experience in an afterschool literacy program in Philadelphia. The learning experience was designed to ensure that urban...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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A review of studies on what constitutes high-quality afterschool programming concludes that the field is reaching consensus on its definitions of qualityâ which means that funders, policymakers, and providers increasingly...
DATE: October 1st, 2009
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In this article, Sue Allen, Director of Visitor Research & Evaluation, shares her experience of working at the Exploratorium for six years and advises on how to write effective questions...
DATE: May 1st, 2000
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This article examines the literature on Native science in order to address the presumed binaries between formal and informal science learning and between Western and Native science. We situate this...
DATE: September 1st, 2008
