Yet, tools to effectively measure learning outcomes from participation are all but non-existent...Here we describe a framework for measuring common learning outcomes across citizen science projects and the validation efforts that went into their development
Phillips_AEA_2012_final.pdf
Poster 69: Measuring Learning in Youth Development Programs Using Personal Meaning Maps Presenter(s): Amy Grack Nelson, Science Museum of Minnesota, agnelson@smm.org Gayra Ostgaard, Science Museum of Minnesota, gostgaard@smm.org Abstract: Many youth development programs have content-related outcomes. Evaluators often measure these outcomes using methods that fit the nature of an informal learning environment. Evaluators at the Science Museum of Minnesota have found success using Personal Meaning Maps (PMMs) to evaluate their youth development programming
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These resources are relevant to a wide variety of evaluators, even those that don’t carry out evaluations of informal learning projects. Here you will find our poster, the BISE Coding Framework, and one of our synthesis papers
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This session was presented at the 2010 AEA conference in San Antonio. It contains PDFs of PowerPoints presented by Kathleen Tinworth, Cheryl Kessler, Joe E. Heimlich, Carey Tisdal, and Claudia Figueiredo. #Informal #2010Conference #museums #timing #Instruments #HowTo ...
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Poster Abstract: A major goal of Informal Science Education (ISE) is to address and improve upon, the lack of standardized tools and strategies to effectively measure outcomes and impacts across programs. Through a dynamic collaboration between the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s DEVISE (Developing...
Phillips_AEA_2011_poster_final.pdf
(AEA 2010 Poster Presentation 137) This paper describes the three-year evaluation of an effort funded by the National Science Foundation to: 1) increase college-bound females’ understanding of engineering, 2) inspire young women to explore engineering as a career and 3) help counselors and...
Evaluation of Engineer Your Life_Paulsen.pdf