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This workshop series, convened by the Kavli, Rita Allen, Packard and Moore Foundations, was intended to view the entire system of people who support scientistsâ engagement and communication efforts in...
DATE: February 10th, 2019
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This poster will be presented at the 2019 NSF AISL PI Meeting to represent the Playbook resource arising from the Collaborative Project Management (CoPM) Institute. The Institute will be held...
DATE: February 9th, 2019
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In this paper, we introduce the Exploratory Behavior Scale (EBS), a quantitative measure of young children's interactivity. More specifically, the EBS is developed from the psychological literature on exploration and...
DATE: March 1st, 2010
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This paper presents an exhibit assessment tool for science centers that is based on the premise, supported by learning theories and research, that the level to which a visitor is...
DATE: March 1st, 2010
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This study was designed to explore the chemistry outreach practices of college students associated with the American Chemical Society (ACS) and Alpha Chi Sigma (ÎΧΣ). Students affiliated with these organizations...
DATE: November 19th, 2018
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Conducting qualitative research in any discipline warrants two actions: accessing participants and eliciting their ideas. In chemistry education research, survey techniques have been used to increase access to participants and...
DATE: January 17th, 2018
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Chemistry-specific informal science education (chemistry outreach) is widely practiced across all levels of the chemistry community. College students associated with American Chemical Society and Alpha Chi Sigma collegiate chapters are...
DATE: January 29th, 2019
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College students associated with the American Chemical Society and Alpha Chi Sigma student/collegiate chapters reach almost 1 million people every year through their informal chemistry education events (chemistry outreach). Previous...
DATE: December 3rd, 2018
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Informal chemistry education/chemistry outreach is ubiquitous with the chemical enterprise. However, little research has focused on the planning, implementation, or evaluation of these events. Results from a previous study suggest...
DATE: October 26th, 2018
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BioEYES, a nonprofit outreach program using zebrafish to excite and educate Kâ12 students about science and how to think and act like scientists, has been integrated into hundreds of under-resourced...
DATE: November 10th, 2016
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This article shares the results and reflections on the research process conducted by the Maloka Interactive Museum (https://www.maloka.org/) regarding the implementation of the policy that extends the school day in public...
DATE: January 23rd, 2019
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While there is extensive evidence that STEM careers can be important pathways for augmenting social mobility and for increasing individual prestige, many youth perceive a STEM trajectory as an unattractive...
DATE: April 4th, 2019
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This article reviews current research on informal science learning through news media. Based on a descriptive model of media-based science communication we distinguish between (a) the professional routines by which...
DATE: May 16th, 2014
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How do we support continued engagement in creative production, even after youth leave our events and programs? As youth development educators and learning scientists interested in supporting long-term, interest driven...
DATE: January 27th, 2019
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In this research study, we explore the ways that youth engage in âinterest signalingâ, actions youth undertake that communicate their needs in ways that motivate adults and peers to...
DATE: January 27th, 2019
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This article makes a case for the importance of brokering future learning opportunities to youth as a programmatic goal for informal learning organizations. Such brokering entails engaging in practices that...
DATE: June 25th, 2016
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This exploratory learning research and design project will study how to use emerging technologies to help document practices in maker-based learning experiences. Despite its established potential for consolidating learning and...
DATES: September 1st, 2017 - August 31st, 2019
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Reconceptualizing STEM + Computing Literacy is funded by the STEM+Computing Partnership (STEM+C) program, which seeks to advance multidisciplinary integration of computing and computational thinking in K-12 science, technology, engineering, and...
DATES: October 1st, 2016 - September 30th, 2019
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The Center for Advancing the Societal Impacts of Research (CASIR) will advance the rigor, relevance, and practice of broader impacts (BI) by (a) cultivating and strengthening the existent and emerging...
DATES: September 15th, 2018 - August 31st, 2023
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This project supports the Broader Impacts and Outreach Network for Institutional Collaboration (BIONIC), a national Research Coordination Network of Broader Impacts to support professionals who assist researchers to design, implement,...
DATES: August 1st, 2014 - July 31st, 2019
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Brokering Youth Pathways was created to share tools and techniques around the youth development practice of âbrokeringâ or connecting youth to future learning opportunities and resources.
This toolkit shares ways in...
DATES: January 1st, 2016 - July 31st, 2018
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This project will advance efforts of the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program to better understand and promote practices that increase students' motivations and capacities to pursue...
DATES: April 1st, 2017 - March 31st, 2020
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Citizen science is a growing phenomenon. With millions of people involved and billions of in-kind dollars contributed annually, this broad extent, fine grain approach to data collection should be garnering...
DATE: July 2nd, 2018
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Todayâs conservation challenges are complex. Solving these challenges often requires scientific collaborations that extend beyond the scope, expertise, and capacity of any single agency, organization, or institution. Conservation efforts can...
DATE: April 25th, 2018
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With the acceleration and increasing complexity of macro-scale problems such as climate change, the need for scientists to ensure that their work is understood has become urgent. As citizens and...
DATE: June 4th, 2018
