Pacific Science Center’s Science Carnival Consortium Project: A Qualitative Evaluation

January 1st, 1997 | RESEARCH

In this article, Lynn D. Dierking of Science Learning, inc. (SLi) discusses the summative evaluation of the Pacific Science Center's Science Carnival Consortium Project, a National Science Foundation funded program designed to assist new or developing science centers with opening and operating their institutions. The evaluation was designed to determine the extent to which the Science Carnival Consortium fulfilled its primary mission of facilitating the creation of these new science centers, as well as to assess the relative efficacy of the project as a model for future collaborative endeavors.

Document

VSA-a0a0y0-a_5730.pdf

Team Members

Lynn Dierking, Author, Science Learning, inc.

Citation

Identifier Type: ISSN
Identifier: 1064-5578

Publication: Visitor Studies
Volume: 9
Number: 1
Page(s): 28

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 9150158
Funding Amount: 1399172

Related URLs

Science Carnival Consortia

Tags

Audience: Evaluators | General Public | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article | Research Products
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits | Museum and Science Center Programs | Professional Development | Conferences | Networks | Public Programs | Resource Centers and Networks