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Seeking to use narrative as a vehicle for getting more young people interested in STEM, the National Science Foundation supported a WETA/PBS NewsHour initiative to adapt their Student Reporting Labs (SRL) curriculum...
DATE: October 22nd, 2019
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The independent evaluation firm, Knight Williams, Inc., developed a two-part post-program survey to gather information about the Year 1 SciGirls CONNECT2 outreach programs conducted by 14 partner organizations. The evaluation...
DATE: February 1st, 2018
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The independent evaluation firm Knight Williams, Inc. conducted a formative evaluation during Year 2 of the SciGirls CONNECT2 program in order to gather information about the partner educatorsâ use of,...
DATE: July 1st, 2019
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The independent evaluation firm Knight Williams, Inc. administered an online survey to educators from 16 SciGirls CONNECT2 partner organizations to gather information about their anticipated use of, reflections on, and...
DATE: October 1st, 2018
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The independent evaluation firm, Knight Williams, Inc., administered an online survey and conducted follow-up interviews with educators from 14 SciGirls CONNECT2 partner organizations to gather information about their use of,...
DATE: March 1st, 2018
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The independent evaluators at Knight Williams Inc. developed a front-end survey to gather background and baseline information about the 16 partner organizations selected to conduct outreach programs as part of...
DATE: August 1st, 2017
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The goal for this research study was to determine the role of the SciGirls gender-equitable strategies on participating youthsâ STEM identity changes in 16 participating SciGirlsâ programs across the nation....
DATE: November 15th, 2019
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This meta-article aims to explore the role of uncertainty in knowing in informal science learning contexts. Subjects (N=2591) were sixth-graders from four countries. In addition to the correct and incorrect...
DATE: May 7th, 2018
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This paper deals with the journalistic coverage of biologically active compounds presented as promising drugs in Brazil. The sample consists of 214 journalistic stories on 40 compounds published in two...
DATE: May 15th, 2018
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The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of Comics & Science workshops where forty-one teenagers (designated Trainee Science Comic Authors [TSCAs]) are asked to create a one-page...
DATE: May 22nd, 2018
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This report presents findings of the Latina SciGirls mixed methods study, investigating the experiences of young Latinas participating in informal STEM programs across the U.S. that utilized the SciGirls educational...
DATE: November 4th, 2019
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Knight Williams, Inc. completed a summative evaluation report that addresses: (i) the reach and breadth of the Latina SciGirls broadcast program and online components compared to project expectations; (ii) the...
DATE: August 4th, 2019
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How can creators of STEM learning media reach underserved parents and children, and support the kinds of playful STEM interactions that are foundational for future STEM learning?
This research report summarizes findings from...
DATE: October 30th, 2019
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Public trust in agricultural biotechnology organizations that produce so-called âgenetically-modified organismsâ (GMOs) is affected by misinformed attacks on GM technology and worry that producers' concern for profits overrides concern for...
DATE: June 4th, 2018
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We present an assessment of the Engage program, a graduate-student-created and led training program at the University of Washington. Using a pre-course/post-course study design, we examined student ability to deliver...
DATE: June 11th, 2018
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Information visualization could be used to leverage the credibility of displayed scientific data. However, little was known about how display characteristics interact with individuals' predispositions to affect perception of data...
DATE: June 18th, 2018
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We investigate the impact of a science documentary on individuals' intention to engage in information-related behaviors by experimentally testing the effects of source type (scientist, politician, or anonymous source) and...
DATE: June 20th, 2018
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The characteristics of interaction and dialogue implicit in the Web 2.0 have given rise to a new scenario in the relationship between science and society. The aim of this paper...
DATE: June 25th, 2018
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The 10th World Conference of Science Journalists (San Francisco, U.S.A., 26â30 October 2017) was the most successful to date in terms of participants and probably the one with the largest...
DATE: February 27th, 2018
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Science permeates nearly every facet of human life and civilization. However, in an age of media oversaturation, it has been increasingly easier for pseudoscientific information to be disseminated among the...
DATE: March 20th, 2018
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Participants in this study reported a variety of resources used in the past to learn to code in Apex, including online tutorials, one-day classes sponsored by Salesforce, and meet-up groups...
DATE: October 1st, 2018
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If Truth Be Told is a collection of essays on the politics of public ethnography and focuses on seasoned anthropologists' reflexive and critical engagement with public responses to their monographs. Fassin's...
DATE: February 20th, 2018
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This book is a beginners' guide to science journalism, explaining the 21st century journalistic process, from generating story ideas to creating multimedia content when the story's written, taking in research...
DATE: February 13th, 2018
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Visual narratives, such as comics and animations, are becoming increasingly popular as a tool for science education and communication. Combining the benefits of visualization with powerful metaphors and character-driven narratives,...
DATE: January 23rd, 2018
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Climate change is a global risk as its causes and effects are not limited to national borders, but the risks and the responsibility are not evenly spread [Beck, 2009]. Pakistan...
DATE: March 13th, 2018
