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  • Surveying the Landscape of Numbers in U.S. News
    Date: 01/01/2022
    Resource Category: Peer-reviewed article
    The news arguably serves to inform the quantitative reasoning (QR) of news audiences. Before one can contemplate how well the news serves this function, we first need to determine how much QR typical news stories require from readers. This paper assesses the amount of quantitative content present in a wide array of media sources, and the types of ... »
  • 2021 Poster - Dinosaurs of Antarctica
    Date: 12/30/2021
    Resource Category: Conference Proceedings
    This poster was presented at the 2021 NSF AISL Awardee Meeting. Dinosaurs of Antarctica is a giant screen film and outreach project that documents the work of NSF-funded researchers on expeditions to Shackleton Glacier during the 2017-2018 field season. This immersive film and companion television special will bring the past to life and engage the ... »
  • 2021 Poster - The Timelessness of Science: Multidisciplinary Inquiry through Archaeology
    Date: 12/13/2021
    Resource Category: Conference Proceedings
    This poster was presented at the 2021 NSF AISL Awardee Meeting. The archaeology after-school program, geared towards rural middle school students, explores the ability to teach STEM through archaeology. The multidisciplinary nature of archaeology makes it a useful vehicle for teaching a variety of STEM disciplines (e.g., biology, geology, ecology ... »
  • 2021 Poster - Learning Data Science Through Engagement With Civic Open Data
    Date: 12/05/2021
    Resource Category: Conference Proceedings
    New York City is a leader in Open Data initiatives, and has a large and diverse population. This project studies informal data science learning at workshops and trainings associated with NYC’s open data ecosystem. This poster was presented at the 2021 NSF AISL Awardee Meeting. ... »
  • Program Design Principles to Support Teen-Adult Community Conservation Efforts
    Date: 09/07/2021
    Resource Category: Peer-reviewed article
    Researchers and practitioners have identified numerous outcomes of place-based environmental action (PBEA) programs at both individual and community levels (e.g., promoting positive youth development, fostering science identity, building social capital, and contributing to environmental quality improvement). In many cases, the primary audience of ... »
  • The Impacts of Communities Advancing Science Literacy: Evaluation Instrument Appendix.
    Date: 12/20/2020
    Resource Category: Research and Evaluation Instruments
    The pilot test for Changemakers: Advancing Community Science Literacy was a capacity building program integrating strategic discourse & community change theory that identified a new path for advancing community STEM literacies. The results of experiment established partnerships with locally based non-profits, and a collaborative effort to ... »
  • Final Report: CASL Changemakers: Advancing Community Science Literacy.
    Date: 10/20/2020
    Resource Category: Summative
    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 with locally based non-profits working to address environmental justice and social disparities in areas threatened by climate ... »
  • Learning Data Science Through Civic Engagement With Open Data
    Date: 10/01/2020
    Resource Category: Project Descriptions
    This AISL Pilots and Feasibility project will study the data science learning that takes place as members of the public explore and analyze open civic data related to their everyday lives. Government services, such as education, transportation, and non-emergency municipal requests, are becoming increasingly digital. Generally, program workshops ... »
  • Engaging Rural Youth in Multidisciplinary Inquiry through Archaeology
    Date: 09/01/2020
    Resource Category: Project Descriptions
    An ecosystems model of learning suggests there are critical partners within and across a community that support learning across the lifespan. These school-community partnerships, developed with shared accountability and goals, are essential to rural students given the lack of economic and geographic access to such services. Youth in rural areas ... »
  • iPAGE 2.0: Understanding and Supporting Transformative Change Toward Equity in the ISE Sector
    Date: 09/01/2020
    Resource Category: Project Descriptions
    The informal science education (ISE) sector has an important role to play in addressing current societal issues, including changes in environmental conditions, systemic poverty, and societal responses to natural and manmade disasters. These complex social problems require engaging all sectors of society in deep discussions around science, ... »

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