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The Soundprint Media Center will conduct planning for "Evolution Discoveries," a multi-part radio series on evolutionary science, contemporary issues and new discoveries. The project will help educate the public about...
DATES: October 10th, 2004 - September 30th, 2005
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This Communicating Research to Public Audiences (CRPA) proposal is based upon Dr. Melanie Stiassny's and her associates' taxonomic and biodiversity research of the fauna in the lower Congo River. The...
DATES: February 15th, 2009 - January 31st, 2010
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This commentary is both a case study of the evolution of one public intellectual, and an analysis of how he has broadened his voice beyond the standard academic bubble. His...
DATE: March 28th, 2017
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The great increase in visitor studies on science museums and centres (SMC) has been marked also by a shift in approach to these studies, paying more attention to the social...
DATE: March 13th, 2014
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In the experience of health professionals, it appears that interacting with peers in the workplace fosters learning and information sharing. Informal groups and networks present good opportunities for information exchange....
DATE: March 1st, 2009
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The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry will inspire diverse youth and families to use 21st century skills by creating hands-on Design Challenges where visitors work together to design and...
DATES: October 1st, 2018 - September 30th, 2021
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This research proposed a revised theory of how collective environmental identity is associated with engagement with the advancement of proâenvironmental behaviors. The research comprised three activities that examined the experiences...
DATE: July 9th, 2009
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The authors of this paper examine a common rhetorical claim that improved STEM education is critical to the economic future of the United States. The first part of the paper...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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Cannady, Greenwald, and Harris call into question the accuracy of the STEM pipeline metaphor. They argue that a decade of pipeline-related policy prescriptions has not significantly affected the numbers or...
DATE: January 1st, 2015
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Modern society has led many people to become consumers of data unlike previous generations. How this shift in the way information is communicated and received â including in areas of...
DATE: March 25th, 2014
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We examine the research conducted by Kang, Anderson and Wu by discussing it in a larger context of science museum-school partnerships. We review how the disconnect that exists between stakeholders,...
DATE: September 1st, 2010
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Although approximately one-quarter of U.S. students reside in rural communities, rural youth are fifty percent less likely to receive and engage in out-of-school STEM experiences than their urban counterparts. In...
DATES: September 1st, 2021 - August 31st, 2025
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Afterschool programs that provide strong STEM learning experiences are making an impact on participating youth not only become excited and engaged in these fields but develop STEM skills and proficiencies,...
DATE: July 1st, 2014
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One way to motivate young people from diverse backgrounds to pursue engineering careers is to enlist them as educators who can help the general public understand how engineers help respond...
DATES: July 1st, 2018 - November 30th, 2020
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The Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable held a meeting on February 28 and March 1, 2017, to explore trends in public opinion of science, examine potential sources of mistrust, and consider ways...
DATE: June 26th, 2017
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In this literature review, we seek to understand in what ways aspects of computer science education and making and makerspaces may support the ambitious vision for science education put forth...
DATE: July 1st, 2017
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Computational Thinking (CT) is an often overlooked, but important, aspect of engineering thinking. This connection can be seen in Wingâs definition of CT, which includes a combination of mathematical and...
DATE: June 15th, 2019
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Observation is a key skill in science. It is also an important initial skill in early learning. In this paper, Johnston examines the skill of observation in 56 children (4â11...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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This Excel file includes all of the 520 reports coded at the report level based on the Building Informal Science Education (BISE) Coding Framework....
DATE: January 1st, 2015
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The National council of La Raza (NCLR), the nation's principal Hispanic constituency-based organization, seeks funding from the National Science Foundation's Informal Science Education Program for a four-year community-centered demonstration program....
DATES: September 1st, 1993 - August 31st, 1998
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Long aware that people from working-class, low-income, and ethnic minority backgrounds do not visit, informal science education institutions often attribute lack of visitorship to cost or barriers to access. Dawson...
DATE: January 1st, 2015
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There is no formula for starting a science center. Science centers are as variable as the communities that surround them and the people who plan them. They may be of...
DATE: October 1st, 1993
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Prototype exhibits of "The Universe by the Powers of Ten" illustrated in three dimensions an exponential journey away from earth. The goal of the summative evaluation, implemented by Multimedia...
DATE: February 22nd, 1993
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The STAR Library Network Phase 2 (STAR Net) brings inquiry-based STEM learning experiences to public libraries through six traveling exhibits, training for library staff and associated programming for library patrons,...
DATE: March 5th, 2019
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This systematic review was designed to strengthen the evidence base supporting the integration of STEM and social-emotional development (SED) in the out-of-school time (OST) field. Integrating STEM and SED has...
DATE: April 30th, 2024
