Refine Your Search

Resource Type

Learning Environment

Displaying Results 41 - 50 of 477
  • Authentic STEM research, practices of science, and interest development in an informal science education program
    Date: 11/02/2021
    Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
    Two critical challenges in science education are how to engage students in the practices of science and how to develop and sustain interest. The goal of this study was to examine the extent to which high school youth, the majority of whom are members of racial and ethnic groups historically underrepresented in STEM, learn the skills and practices ... »
  • Award 1516269 - Final Project Report
    Date: 01/28/2022
    Resource Category!: Report
    This is the final annual report for the AISL project: Collaborative Research: Developing STEM self-efficacy and science identities through authentic astrophysics research in online and face-to-face environments (STEM-ID). Impact Statement: At 100 meters in diameter, the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, is the largest ... »
  • Berliner Ensemble 1957 – Piccolo Teatro 1963. Science in the reception of Brecht’s Galileo as from the press reviews on both stagings
    Date: 03/21/2006
    Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
    The article reports the outcome of an analysis of the reception of Bertolt Brecht’s play, "The Life of Galileo", as presented by Giorgio Strehler (Milan, 1963) and Brecht himself in collaboration with Erich Engel (East Berlin, 1957), carried out on respective press reviews. The reviews were examined by the application of quantitative analysis ... »
  • Beyond Earth: Weaving Science and Indigenous Culture
    Date: 08/15/2009
    Resource Category!: Project Descriptions
    This planning grant is designed to engage urban and rural families in science learning while piloting curriculum development and implementation that incorporates both Native and Western epistemologies. Physical, earth, and space science content is juxtaposed with indigenous culture, stories, language and epistemology in after-school programs and ... »
  • Beyond the dissemination of Earth Observation research: stakeholders’ and users’ involvement in project co-design
    Date: 09/29/2015
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    Modern technology and innovation research needs to analyse and collect users’ requirements from the outset of the project’s design, according to the Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) approach. Bringing in new services without involving end-users in the whole research process does not make for optimal results in terms of scientific, ... »
  • Big Astronomy in Chile through Dome+
    Date: 09/01/2018
    Resource Category!: Project Descriptions
    As part of its overall strategy to enhance learning in informal environments, the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program seeks to advance new approaches to, and evidence-based understanding of, the design and development of STEM learning in informal environments. This includes providing multiple pathways for broadening access to and ... »
  • Bilingual Exhibit Research Initiative Report: Institutional and Intergenerational Experiences with Bilingual Exhibitions
    Date: 09/30/2013
    Resource Category!: Report
    This report addresses findings from the Bilingual Exhibit Research Initiative (BERI), a National Science Foundation-­‐funded project (NSF DRL#1265662) through the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program. This Pathways (planning grant) project was a 3-­‐year project designed to better understand current practices in bilingual exhibitions ... »
  • Bilingual Exhibits Research Initiative (BERI)
    Date: 07/15/2010
    Resource Category!: Project Descriptions
    Many museums currently produce bilingual exhibits, but very little research exists to inform practice. The Bilingual Exhibits Research Initiative (BERI), funded by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program at the National Science Foundation, addressed this critical knowledge gap. This exploratory research project investigated 1) current ... »
  • Bill Nye the Science Guy (TV Series)
    Date: 02/01/1997
    Resource Category!: Project Descriptions
    KCTS, the public broadcasting station in Seattle, WA, is producing and distributing15 new half-hour episodes for the children's television series, Bill Nye the Science Guy. Topics being considered for these programs include: Caves Jungles Animal Behavior Entropy Home Demo Lakes and Ponds Felines Convection Smell and Taste Life Cycles Minerals ... »
  • 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. ... »

Pages