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This report details a four-month snapshot summative evaluation of the Bridging the Gap (BTG) program at the Wildlife Conservation Society. A snapshot summative evaluation in this instance means that the...
DATE: October 1st, 2015
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Summary of Findings Summative Evaluation Cielo y Tierra Noticias del Mundo Robert L. Russell, Ph.D. Learning Experience Design October 2011 Learning Experience Design conducted summative evaluation of the project entitled:...
DATE: October 1st, 2011
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This report summarizes the evaluation results from the NSF funded Eight-Legged Encounters family event that uses arachnids as a hook to draw public interests towards science. The event involves informative...
DATE: October 31st, 2014
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This report is a product of the Setting the Agenda for Giant Screen Research Workshop held October 18, 2013 in Albuquerque, NM, which grew out of many years of discussions...
DATE: July 8th, 2015
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How can research on teaching and learning be used to improve the design of e-content? The contents of this report are based on a series of seminars conducted during 2003...
DATE: January 1st, 2005
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The pilot test of a capacity building program integrating strategic discourse & community change theory identified a new path for advancing community STEM literacies. The results of experiment established partnerships...
DATE: October 20th, 2020
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Parents exert a strong influence on the development of foundational science, technology, engineering, and mathematical (STEM) skills in early childhood. This influence occurs, in large part, through playful parent-child interactions...
DATE: August 31st, 2022
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Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF),The STEM Pathways project focused on exploring strategies through which at-risk and incarcerated Hispanic youth could be engaged around STEM careers, understand the education,...
DATE: December 15th, 2013
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This NOVA multiplatform media initiative consisted of a 2-hour nationally broadcast PBS documentary, Polar Extremes; a 10-part original digital series, Antarctic Extremes; an interactive game, Polar Lab; accompanying polar-themed digital...
DATE: September 30th, 2020
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After more than a year of drafts, comments, and reviews, the Next Generation Science Standards are now available for implementation in science-learning environments. The new standards incorporate edits from more than 10,000 education stakeholders in two public review periods. Although the standards do not have specific recommendations for ISE professionals and institutions, the ISE field ...
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DATE: November 23rd, 2015
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Presented at the 2008 ISE PI Summit, this presentation workshop from the Grant Management Office at NSF introduced participants to best practices and strategies for their NSF grant management practices....
DATE: July 26th, 2008
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Resources » Project Planner Overview Get Oriented Understand the Field Learn from Practice and Research Review the Literature Build Partnerships Develop Equitable Partnerships Collaborate with Community Partner with STEM Practitioners and Researchers Find Project Partners See Examples Read Project Stories Watch Project Videos Partnerships are an essential piece of effective projects, but it takes time and ...
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DATE: March 9th, 2022
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The National Science Foundation presents the Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science Research Coordination Networks (FAIROS RCN) program. The proposal deadline is April 12, 2022. Synopsis The FAIROS RCN program seeks to create three-year Research Coordination Networks (RCNs) which will foster catalytic improvements in scientific communities focusing on the FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse, ...
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DATE: March 29th, 2022
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This blog was written with contributions from Dejah Powell, an environmental organizer in Chicago, and Kimberly Swift, an education specialist at the Indiana Dunes National Park. Martha is a project director for Interpreters and Scientists Working on Our Parks (iSWOOP), based at TERC in Cambridge, MA. Indiana Dunes National Park, formerly a national lakeshore, is ...
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DATE: October 31st, 2019
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Presentation of a summary of the Finding FOCIS project, including research results and conceptual framework. This presentation was given at the Virginia Science Coordinators Meeting in May 2014. These slides...
DATE: July 1st, 2014
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The content below has been updated in the Project Planner Return to Developing Projects (2016) Winning funding for an informal STEM learning project requires a strong match between the funder’s priorities and your project’s goals, audiences and final product. Before searching for sources of funding, estimate the project’s: Scope and scale Duration Budget Use these ...
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DATE: February 25th, 2022
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Despite the many hours students spend studying science, only a few relate to these subjects in such a manner that it becomes a part of their essential worldview and advances...
DATE: January 1st, 2004
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This Communicating Research to Public Audiences proposal is based on current NSF-funded research, AST 0607505, "Asteroid Satellites and Spins." Finding NEO (near-Earth Objects) proposes an 18-month-long project to develop on-line...
DATES: October 1st, 2007 - March 31st, 2011
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Museum education is a field of practice that is guided effectively by traditions of practice addressing museums' purposes and expected audiences, and rarely explicitly refers to the numerous models of...
DATE: January 1st, 2006
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For many, citizen science is exciting because of the possibility for more diverse, equitable partnerships in scientific research with outcomes considered meaningful and useful by all, including public participants. This...
DATE: May 20th, 2016
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The Exploratorium will conduct a controlled, two-year research project, titled "Finding Significance," to study how different exhibit presentation techniques affect visitors' abilities to make meaning -- or find significance --...
DATES: September 10th, 2000 - August 31st, 2004
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Museum of Science will develop a 4500 sq. ft. exhibit "Finding the Pattern". The primary objective is to develop activities and programs that encourage visitors to practice scientific thinking skills...
DATES: September 1st, 1997 - December 31st, 2002
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This ethnographic case study illustrates what happens when informal educators introduce science concepts in non-scientific contexts, such as a program focused on youth culture and girls’ empowerment. Helping young people...
DATE: January 1st, 2014
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Traditionally, collaborative technologies are intended to directly support joint, collaborative activity, taking their cues from communication and media. Here, empirical findings are presented about the types of information needs associated...
DATE: January 1st, 2002
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This article discusses the methodology, key findings, and implications of a 1998-1999 evaluation conducted by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum of its educational programming for school groups. The evaluation examined...
DATE: May 1st, 2000