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The Standing Committee on Advancing Science Communication at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is hosting Reimagining Science Communication in the COVID Era and Beyond: The 5th Science Communication Colloquium on June 1, 2, and 6, 2022. More information is here. This multi-day hybrid event will bring together diverse researchers, communicators, and community ... Read more

Welcome to the first annual Reinvented Inc. Tech Runway student competition! Students must create a runway ready accessory that incorporates wearable technology and/or Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) inspiration.

Relating Research to Practice (RR2P) is a free, open-access website containing dozens of short summaries of current education research relevant to the informal science education field. All research briefs are sortable and searchable by keywords and topic areas that help both researchers and practitioners conceptualize and contextualize their work. These briefs are also available for ... Read more

It is with great sadness that CAISE notes and mourns the passing of Dr. David Lustick this summer. David was an Associate Professor of Science Education at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, a 2015 White House Champion of Change awardee and a long-time National Science Foundation Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program Principal Investigator. David’s ... Read more

Read the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s third annual report about their findings and data about diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The National Sciences Foundation’s National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics presents “statistical information about the representation of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in STEM employment and science and engineering education” in a formal report issued every two years. Read the most recent report.

The National Science Foundation’s National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics presents their biannual (every two years) report on statistical information about the representation of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in STEM employment and science and engineering education. Read the report.

The content below has been updated in the Project Planner Return to Developing Projects (2016) Funding organizations typically require regular reports on your process and progress and the outcomes of your project. Preparing reports and sharing project results are opportunities to review progress toward goals, make corrections and adjustments along the way, and identify lessons ... Read more

co-authored with Zdanna Tranby, Science Museum of Minnesota The NSF-funded Building Informal Science Education (BISE, NSF award #1010924) project brought together a team of evaluators and researchers to investigate how the rich collection of evaluation reports posted to InformalScience.org could be used to advance understanding of the trends and methods used in the evaluation of ... Read more

A crowdsourced and searchable database of thousands of informal STEM learning project descriptions, research materials, and evaluation reports

Supporting and sustaining generative connections between practice and research.

This blog was co-written with Michelle Choi. Kevin Crowley is Professor, Learning Sciences and Policy, University of Pittsburgh, and​ CAISE co-Principal Investigator. In December 2019, the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) Research & Practice Task Force organized an in-person convening at the American Alliance of Museums headquarters in Washington, D.C., to compile resources into a Research & Practice toolkit. The ... Read more

Interested in helping build more equitable relationships across research and practice? Want to meet others doing similar work? Apply for a 2017 Research + Practice Fellowship, designed for STEM educators and researchers interested in building more connections across research + practice. The Research + Practice Collaboratory supports increased communication and collaboration among educators and educational ... Read more

The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the National Science Foundation. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program. This solicitation features two mechanisms for supporting ... Read more

In the more than forty years since the first IMAX® theater opened at Ontario Place in Canada in 1971, and the first dome IMAX® theater opened at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in San Diego in 1973, these intensely visual engaging films have become a part of the informal learning community. Learners from children ... Read more

The purpose of the Research on Innovative Technologies for Enhanced Learning (RITEL) program is to support early-stage research in emerging technologies for teaching and learning that respond to pressing needs in authentic (real-world) educational environments. RITEL supports future-oriented exploratory and synergistic research in emerging technologies (including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and immersive or augmenting technologies) for teaching ... Read more

Resources » Discover Research Overview Understanding Research Types of Researchs Research Gap Integrate Research Into Practice See Also Design Evaluation Scores of studies of learning in ISE have been published in peer-reviewed journals. An even greater number of studies conducted in classroom settings have advanced theory in ways that can inform ISE practice. There are ... Read more

If you are a scientist wanting to connect your broader impacts public engagement work with a longer-term learning research agenda, a learning scientist seeking to develop a collaborative study in an informal STEM learning context, or a science communicator or informal science education professional wanting to build on and contribute to the evidence base on ... Read more

The Research-Practice Partnership (RPP) toolkit is a collection of tools, examples and readings curated by the Research + Practice Collaboratory to support educators and researchers working together to build effective and sustainable long-term collaborations. The toolkit contains resources to improve teaching and learning in both formal and informal educational organizations. Explore more and download the ... Read more

A recent report notes that families from high income communities annually spend almost seven times the resources ($9,384) on their children’s out-of-school time enrichment activities than do low-income families ($1,391). Visit the Research+Practice Collaboratory (RPC) site for examples of research+practice projects that address this disparity. The R+P Collaboratory develops new models of research and practice ... Read more

Interested in helping build more equitable relationships across research and practice? Want to meet others doing similar work? Apply for a 2016 R+P Travel Fellowship of up to $2000, created for informal and formal educators and researchers interested in building more connections across research + practice. The Research + Practice Collaboratory supports increased exchange and collaboration among STEM educators ... Read more

Tools and resources to support potential and current AISL projects

Inspired by the newly announced Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS), which aims to build capacity, advance scholarship, grow partnerships, and provide resources for researchers to demonstrate the impact of research in their communities and society, CAISE pulled together a selection of 16 current, relevant projects, many of which are funded through the National ... Read more

In my three previous posts, I discussed IRB issues around the definition of generalizable research and the associated issues of risk and consent. In this post, I get more practical and provide some resources to help you navigate the IRB process for your own project. I have included three kinds of resources: examples of completed ... Read more