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  • An Evaluation Perspective on CAISE
    Date: 11/01/2011
    Resource Category!: Evaluation Reports
    The Center for the Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) is mid-way through year five of a five-year cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. The NSF funded CAISE in 2007 in order to serve as a resource center to the informal science education (ISE) program, its grantees, and the larger ISE field. Inverness Research ... »
  • New Ecological Paradigm Scale for Children (NEP-C)
    Date: 10/26/2011
    Resource Category!: Scale
    The New Ecological Paradigm for Children is modeled after the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) and the New Ecological Paradigm-Revised (NEP-Revised) for adults. The survey contains 10 questions assessing three subscales that contribute to one’s “environmental world view” including “rights of nature,” “eco-crisis,” and “human exceptionalism.” ... »
  • Metaphors in climate discourse: an analysis of Swedish farm magazines
    Date: 10/26/2011
    Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
    This article examines communicative aspects of climate change, identifying and analysing metaphors used in specialized media reports on climate change, and discussing the aspects of climate change these metaphors emphasize and neglect. Through a critical discourse analysis of the two largest Swedish farm magazines over the 2000–2009 period, this ... »
  • Summative Evaluation, "Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond" at the Louisiana State Museum in New Orleans
    Date: 10/24/2011
    Resource Category!: Evaluation Reports
    The purpose of this Summative Evaluation was to assess visitors’ use and perceptions of ‘Living with Hurricanes: Katrina & Beyond’ at the Louisiana State Museum (LSM) as an informal science experience. The exhibition is distinctive in that it is presented in a museum which has been primarily focused on history. The overall experience, ... »
  • Black Hole Encyclopedia Data Summary
    Date: 10/15/2011
    Resource Category!: Formative
    This is a mid-term analysis of the on-line user survey and the URCHIN usage data. ... »
  • Open Exhibits Year 1 Evaluation Report
    Date: 10/13/2011
    Resource Category!: Evaluation Reports
    During its first year, more than 1500 people signed up to be a part of Open Exhibits. Participation ranged from reading blog posts, to trying a few software modules or using Open Exhibits software to develop actual exhibition components. This report highlights findings about the emerging community and trends in Open Exhibits participation. ... »
  • Dialogue and Synthesis: Developing Consensus in Visitor Research Methodology
    Date: 10/13/2011
    Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
    This brief synthesis presents the main points of agreement between Dawson and Jensen's article, “‘Towards a ‘Contextual Turn’ in Visitor Studies: Evaluating Visitor Segmentation and Identity-Related Motivations” (this issue) and Falk's reply, “Contextualizing Falk's Identity-Related Visitor Motivation Model” (this issue), and it highlights ... »
  • Contextualizing Falk's visitor identity-related motivation model
    Date: 10/12/2011
    Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
    This article represents a companion to an article critiquing Falk's identity-related visitor motivations model. Provided here are a summary of the theory and assumptions that underlie the identity-related visitor motivations model and the empirical approaches that were used to develop the model. Particular attention is directed to clarifying the ... »
  • Measuring Activation and Engagement: Activation Lab, Enables Success Study 2011
    Date: 10/07/2011
    Resource Category!: Report
    This technical report summarizes the statistical analyses used to determine how well the Measuring Activation (MA) instrument developed through the Science Learning Activation Lab project gathers appropriate information about the five dimensions of activation. The MA instrument was designed to evaluate the impact of science-learning programs and ... »
  • Beliefs about Science and School Science Questionnaire (BASSSQ)
    Date: 10/04/2011
    Resource Category!: Survey
    The Beliefs about Science and School Science Questionnaire (BASSSQ)was designed to assess high school science teachers' beliefs about what occurs in science. The first part of the BASSSQ is comprised of two subscales, "Process of Scientific Inquiry" and "Certainty of Scientific Knowledge." Although the survey was developed and validated for use ... »

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