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Access to high quality evaluation results is essential for science communicators to identify negative patterns of audience response and improve outcomes. However, there are many good reasons why robust evaluation...
DATE: September 29th, 2015
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This article addresses some of the challenges faced when attempting to evaluate the long-term impact of informal science learning interventions. To contribute to the methodological development of informal science learning...
DATE: December 3rd, 2015
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We define "informal STEM education" and explain some of the reasons its outcomes are so inherently challenging to evaluate, including the critical need for ecological validity and the fact that...
DATE: March 1st, 2019
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Informal science education creates opportunities for the general public to learn about complex health and science topics. Tissue engineering is a fast-growing field of medical science that combines advanced chemistries...
DATE: September 1st, 2011
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Informal STEM education needs high quality program evaluation. Research is particularly needed on the relationship between STEM outcomes and positive youth development (PYD) / socio-emotional learning (SEL). This pilot and...
DATES: November 1st, 2018 - April 30th, 2020
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This paper discusses objectives, methods, and findings from a 1992 comprehensive evaluation of the Children's Museum, part of the Canadian Museum of Civilization. This classical program evaluation aimed to inform...
DATE: January 1st, 1994
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The United Nations Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 is a key initiative within global efforts to halt and eventually reverse the loss of biodiversity. The very first target of this...
DATE: March 1st, 2015
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The United Nations Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 is a key initiative within global efforts to halt and eventually reverse the loss of biodiversity. The very first target of this...
DATE: August 22nd, 2014
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In this article, University of Florida researchers John J. Koran, Jr., Mary Lou Koran, and Jim Ellis present a review of research on the effectiveness of field trip experience and...
DATE: January 1st, 1989
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This article describes an evaluation project that measured the effectiveness of particular communication strategies in the Kelp Forest feeding program at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. During the Kelp Forest program...
DATE: January 1st, 2003
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In this paper, Pedro J. E. Casaleiro of the University of Leicester (UK), Department of Museum Studies, discusses methodology and findings from a comparative analysis of audiences for "The Return...
DATE: January 1st, 1996
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At the end of the NISE Network’s 10th year, the Evaluation workgroup created a reflection document to describe how we managed the evaluation of the NISE Network, one of the...
DATE: July 1st, 2016
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Building understanding of and capacity for evaluation and measurement.
DATE: February 28th, 2022
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This handout is a part of the Evaluation 101 presentation at the 2008 ISE PI Summit....
DATE: July 26th, 2008
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You know almost exactly what you want to do to improve the public understanding of science and technology. But you don’t have much of an idea about how to start ...
DATE: July 26th, 2008
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This handout is a part of the Evaluation 101 presentation at the 2008 ISE PI Summit....
DATE: July 26th, 2008
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In this article, Carol Scott, Evaluation and Visitor Research Coordinator at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, provides a brief overview of evaluation and visitor research efforts in Australia. Scott establishes...
DATE: September 1st, 1997
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Evaluation Capacity Building Convening (2013) Agenda Evaluation Capacity Building Convening (2013) Participant List Evaluation Capacity Building Convening (2013) Strategic Framing Evaluation Capacity Building Convening (2013) Meeting Summary Evaluation produces evidence that is critical to improving our work, driving innovation, and making the case for the outcomes and impacts of informal STEM education (ISE). There are ...
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DATE: March 3rd, 2022
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Informal STEM education (ISE) organizations, especially museums, have used evaluation productively but unevenly. We argue that advancing evaluation in ISE requires that evaluation capacity building (ECB) broadens to include not...
DATE: April 25th, 2019
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The Lawrence Hall of Science will build the capacity of staff from different programmatic departments to systematically evaluate their programs in strategic alignment with the museum's newly revised Theory of...
DATES: October 1st, 2017 - September 30th, 2019
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In this article, Michael Spock, of the Informal Learning Program at the University of Chicago, discusses his fundamental and situational concerns that surround the practice of museum exhibit and program...
DATE: May 1st, 1996
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This paper discusses how audience research can help staff at historic houses monitor the quality of their offerings and attract visitors. It provides a review of evaluation efforts at one...
DATE: January 1st, 1993
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In this paper, Chris Steiner of the Albuquerque Museum investigates evaluation and its relation to art programs and organization. Steiner explores questions related to the appropriateness of evaluation in the...
DATE: January 1st, 1994
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This paper focuses on three major issues impeding evaluation at museums: 1) the lack of understanding about evaluation and its uses in museum settings; 2) tight budgets; and 3) staff...
DATE: January 1st, 1990
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In this paper, evaluator Randi Korn of Randi Korn and Associates describes front-end and formative evaluation procedures used to help create and perfect interactive components for a junior gallery in...
DATE: January 1st, 1993