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REPOSITORY | EVALUATION
In March of 2016, the Exploratorium transmitted a live webcast of a total solar eclipse from Woleai, a remote island in the southwestern Pacific. The webcast reached over 1 million...
DATE: September 30th, 2016
REPOSITORY | EVALUATION
As part of a grant from the National Science Foundation, the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) developed, implemented, and evaluated the National Center for Blind Youth in Science (NCBYS),...
DATE: August 8th, 2017
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
Staff facilitators in museums and science centers are a critical but often overlooked component of the visitor experience. Despite assertions about the important role they play in visitor learning, there...
DATE: December 18th, 2017
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
This checklist identifies and describes the elements of an evaluation report. It is intended to serve as a flexible guide for determining an evaluation reportâs content. It should not be...
DATE: October 31st, 2017
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
This study explored how different presentations of an object in deep space affect understanding, engagement, and aesthetic appreciation. A total of n = 2,502 respondents to an online survey were...
DATE: November 21st, 2017
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
This paper reviews the purposes, definitions and criteria designed to embed âengaged researchâ as a strategic priority with universities, and explores some of the challenges of implementation. Surveys of academics...
DATE: December 13th, 2017
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
Science communication research and education programmes worldwide exhibit notable differences as well as similarities. In this essay the authors claim that this diversity is not a problem. They argue that...
DATE: December 13th, 2017
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
This essay examines several distinct roles universities play in science communication, with particular reference to professionalisation in the field. It identifies the ways in which universities have facilitated, even driven,...
DATE: December 13th, 2017
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
This is an introduction to four essays in a Commentary that examine contributions of universities to science communicationâs development but also challenges in
consolidating those efforts....
DATE: December 13th, 2017
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
This editorial provides an overview of the Journal of Science Communication, volume 16, issue 5. This issue of JCOM explores the question âwhat works in science communication?â from a variety...
DATE: December 13th, 2017
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
EvaluATE is a national resource center dedicated to supporting and improving the evaluation practices of approximately 250 ATE grantees across the country. EvaluATE conducts webinars and workshops, publishes a quarterly...
DATES: August 15th, 2012 - July 31st, 2017
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
Marked by the diversity of initiatives linking science and art and by new presentation formats, the 15th Congress of the Network for Popularisation of Science and Technology in Latin America...
DATE: October 24th, 2017
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
This article aims to present a critical analysis of the book entitled âCreative Research Communication â Theory and Practiceâ, written by Clare Wilkinson and Emma Weitkamp (Manchester University Press, 2016)....
DATE: November 28th, 2017
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
This is a book review of "Cosmos and the Rhetoric of Popular Science" by K. Shroeder Sorensen. Shroeder Sorensen analyses in depth the close relationship of the TV-series Cosmos [1980]...
DATE: November 15th, 2017
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
In this paper, we respond to the critiques presented by [Kahan, 2017]. Contrary to claims that the scientific consensus message did not significantly influence the key mediator and outcome variables...
DATE: December 13th, 2017
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
This paper analyzes data collected but not reported in the study featured in van der Linden, Leiserowitz, Feinberg, and Maibach [van der Linden et al., 2015]. VLFM report finding that...
DATE: December 13th, 2017
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is one of the world's single largest employers of science communicators, with over 350,000 students and 40,000 staff. Its science communication activities include...
DATE: December 13th, 2017
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
Research suggests non-experts associate different content with the terms âglobal warmingâ and âclimate change.â We test this claim with Twitter content using supervised learning software to categorize tweets by topic...
DATE: December 10th, 2017
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
As higher education institutions (HEIs) work to enhance Broader Impacts (BI) efforts, collaborations with informal science education institutions (ISEs) (e.g. science centers, aquaria, zoos) can help them strengthen their impact...
DATES: March 1st, 2017 - February 29th, 2020
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One way to encourage youth to pursue training in the STEM fields and enter the STEM workforce is to foster interest and engagement in STEM during adolescence. Informal STEM Learning...
DATES: March 15th, 2017 - February 28th, 2022
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
Northern ecosystems are rapidly changing; so too are the learning and information needs of Arctic and sub-Arctic communities who depend on these ecosystems for wild harvested foods. Public Participation in...
DATES: July 1st, 2017 - June 30th, 2021
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
This 4-year project addresses fundamental equity issues in informal Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learning. Access to, and opportunities within informal STEM learning (ISL) remain limited for youth from...
DATES: March 1st, 2017 - February 28th, 2021
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
As part of its overall strategy to enhance learning in informal environments, the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program funds innovative research, approaches, and resources for use in a variety...
DATES: July 15th, 2017 - June 30th, 2019
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
Glaciers around the world are undergoing dramatic changes. Many people, however, have a limited understanding of the scope of these changes because they are geographically distant and difficult to visualize....
DATES: September 1st, 2017 - August 31st, 2019
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
As part of its overall strategy to enhance learning in informal environments, the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program seeks to advance new approaches to, and evidence-based understanding of, the...
DATES: September 1st, 2017 - August 31st, 2019
