InformalScience | InformalScience

New Members
New Publications
New Evaluations

journal :: Walsh, C. A., Hewson, J., Shier, M., & Morales, E. (2008September--). Unraveling Ethics: Reflections from a Community-based Participatory Research Project with Youth. The Qualitative Report, 13(3), 379-393. 9/11/08. http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR13-3/walsh.pdf.
journal :: Nicol, J. J. (2008September--). Creating Vocative Texts. The Qualitative Report, 13(3), 316-333. 9/11/08. http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR13-3/nicol.pdf.
conference :: Zimmerman, H. T. & Bell, P. (2008March, March). Developing scientific practices: Understanding how and when children consider their everyday activities to be related to science. Paper presented at National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST) , Baltimore, MD.
journal :: Yoon, S. (2008). Using memes and memetic processes to explain social and conceptual influences on student understanding about complex socio-scientific issues. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 45(8), 900-921.
journal :: Venville, G., Sheffield, R., Rennie, L. J., & Wallace, J. (2008). The writing on the wall: Classroom context, curriculum implementation, and student learning in integrated, community-based science projects. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 45(8), 857-880.
journal :: Ronen Fuhrmann, T., Kali, Y., & Hoadley, C. (2008). Helping education students understand learning through designing. Educational Technology, 48(2), 26-33.

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Summative Report :: Korn, R. (2008). Race Are We So Different?: A Summative Report. Arlington: American Anthropological Association.

Summative Report :: Goodman Research Group, Inc. (2008). Design Squad: Final Evaluation Report. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation.

Summative Report :: Stull, J. (2008). Sisters in Science in the Community: An Informal Gender Equity Program. Flushing: Queens College/CUNY.

Summative Report :: Apley, A. (2008). Dinosaurs Alive Film Summative Report. Baltimore: Maryland Science Center.

Summative :: Institute for Learning Innovation, C. (2008). Year Three Summative Evaluation . Miami: Miami Science Museum.

Summative Report :: Apley, A. (2007). DragonflyTV: Going Places in Science Children's Viewing Study. Saint Paul: Twin Cities Public Television.

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October 18-21, 2008
Conference
ASTC Annual Conference 2008

October 18, 2008
Funding Program Deadline :: Letters of Intent Due
Information Technology Experiences for Students & Teachers (ITEST) Grant

October 21-25, 2008
Conference
MPMA & AMM Joint Conference

October 28 - November 18, 2008
Seminar & Workshop :: Seminar for Historical Administration
AAM Professional Seminars & Workshops

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Project Pages » This new feature will become a living collection of informal learning projects. Create your own Project Page, link team members with profiles, browse similar projects, and see who is working on what.

Membership » You can now Become a Member of InformalScience.org. Create a Member Profile to let others know about your work and interests. When you sign-up, your member page automatically populates with any of your work in found in the research, evaluation and projects databases. You can add new work, include images, presentations, and list conferences you plan to attend.

Connections » Who is the field? Pulling from member profiles, project pages, evaluation reports, and citations, the site lets you explore links between research, people and projects. As the site grows, these connections will reveal the networks of ideas, collaborations and endeavors that unite us into a field.

Interviews from the Field | Summer 2008

Randi Korn, Director
Randi Korn & Associates, Inc.
Join a conversation about a broader role for evaluation in the activities of museums, the opportunities and challenges of the new framework for measuring impacts of informal learning experiences, and the professional development of evaluators.
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