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The theme of this year’s Mathematics Awareness Month is Math Drives Careers, the aim of which is to increase awareness of employment opportunities for students of mathematics. Although math is an important part of formal and informal learning experiences, many students and adults suffer math anxiety. One individual who has worked to cure âmath-phobiaâ through ...
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DATE: November 20th, 2015
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This article describes the author's method of teaching sixth-grade students through The Natural Inquirer, a free journal designed by the USDA Forest Service for middle school students. The 90-minute lesson...
DATE: November 1st, 2013
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This Innovations in Development project is funded by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, which seeks to (a) advance new approaches to and evidence-based understanding of the design and...
DATES: August 1st, 2021 - July 31st, 2024
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In this article, the author outlines how she used qualitative research methodologies to translate her research findings into a social-realist narrative film that has engaged multiple audiences. This process raises...
DATE: August 1st, 2008
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In April 2001, the Museum of Science in Boston launched the Current Science & Technology Center, an effort to engage public and school audiences in leading edge research and to...
DATE: July 1st, 2006
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An ecosystems model of learning suggests there are critical partners within and across a community that support learning across the lifespan. These school-community partnerships, developed with shared accountability and goals,...
DATES: September 1st, 2020 - August 31st, 2022
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The project will develop and research an after-school program designed to engage rural, Latinx youth in design thinking and math through making. Making is a learner-centered environment where participants design,...
DATES: August 1st, 2022 - July 31st, 2026
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The article focuses on a study guided by identity theory and a model of interest development to assess the use of comic books for conveying science information. The study employs...
DATE: December 1st, 2013
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The Modeling Zoos and Aquariums as Inclusive Communities of Science for Autistic Individuals (MoZAICS) project aims to develop an evidence-based framework of inclusive practices for zoos and aquariums to support...
DATE: April 17th, 2024
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ISE professionals can use this study as a guide to help them in understanding the uses of social networking sites (SNS). The author maintains that SNS provide a space that...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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This paper is a reflective account of a public participation project the authors conducted in Japan in 2012â2015, as part of the central government's initiative for evidence-based policy-making. The reflection...
DATE: October 3rd, 2018
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According to the National Science Foundationâs 2014 Science and Engineering Indicators, women remain underrepresented in STEM, accounting for only 28% of the science and engineering workforce despite making up 50% of the college-educated population in the US. The field of informal science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education provides opportunities to foster girlsâ interest and ...
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DATE: November 20th, 2015
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This study compares scientific practices in a research laboratory and a second grade classroom. Through conversation analysis, the author found that in both settings similar processes were followed to establish...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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This study examined the verbal prompts a tutor used to promote reflection and young students' responses to these prompts. Seven children (ages 8-12) participated in 260 min of one-on-one tutoring...
DATE: January 1st, 2012
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Please join us in celebrating Citizen Science Day, which falls this year on Saturday, April 14th. This issue of Connected Science Learning is dedicated to highlighting effective citizen science programs...
DATE: April 12th, 2018
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This project is funded by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, which seeks to advance new approaches to, and evidence-based understanding of, the design and development of STEM learning...
DATES: August 4th, 2019 - August 4th, 2019
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Engaging youth as partners in academic research projects offers many benefits for the youth and the research team. However, it is not always clear to researchers how to engage youth...
DATE: December 1st, 2018
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The Museum of Science and Boston University received funding from the National Science Foundation to develop and implement a pilot program exploring how mentorship in science research, communication, and education...
DATE: March 31st, 2023
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This is the opening talk of the session titled "Community Building for Citizen Science," delivered on day three of the Citizen Science Toolkit Conference at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology...
DATE: June 20th, 2007
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The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) will develop Engineer It! Dissemination of a Successful Multiple Outcome Exhibition. This will be a 5000 sq. ft. traveling exhibit based on...
DATES: August 15th, 1998 - July 31st, 2001
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In an effort to prepare female high school students for a college curriculum and achieve gender parity in the engineering industry, WGBH has developed an initiative entitled, Engineer Your Life...
DATE: January 1st, 2010
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Sciencenter will develop a touring exhibition, Engineer.Design.Build, to spark interest and build confidence in STEM by providing learning opportunities about the broad impact engineers have on the environment and society....
DATES: November 1st, 2018 - October 31st, 2021
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Engineering Adventures (EA) is a free, hands-on, project-based engineering curriculum designed for out-of-school time (OST) programs serving children in grades 3 to 5. The EA curriculum was developed by Engineering...
DATES: October 1st, 2011 - October 1st, 2011
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This presentation was a part of a workshop/paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Children's Museums. The presentation includes strategies on how to increase STEM learning through...
DATE: May 17th, 2018
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Awareness of a STEM discipline is a complex construct to operationalize; a learnerâs awareness of a discipline is sometimes viewed through the lens of personal identity, use of relevant discourse,...
DATE: June 30th, 2021