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- conference :: DiSalvo, C., Louw, M., Coupland, J., Steiner, M. (2009October). Local issues, local uses: Tools for robotics and sensing in community contexts. .
- conference :: Kennedy Martin, C., Barron, B., Austin, K., Pinkard, N. (2009, March). A Culture of Sharing: A Look at Identity Development Through the Creation and Presentation of Digital Media Projects. Poster session presented at International Conference on Computer-Supported Education, Lisbon, Spain.
- conference :: Sanford, C. (2009, April). Facilitating museum to classroom connections: How the creation of classroom activities to supplement a museum visit transformed teachers' ideas about informal educational resources. Poster session presented at Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
- conference :: Sanford, C. (2009, April). Family knowledge building: How designed learning environments can support conversations around complex topics like manufacturing. Poster session presented at Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
- journal :: Baram-Tsabari, A., Yarden, A. (2009). Identifying meta-clusters of students' interest in science and their change with age. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 46(9), 999-1022.
- journal :: Sadler, T. D., Zeidler, D. L. (2009). Scientific literacy, PISA, and socioscientific discourse: Assessment for progressive aims of science education. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 46(8), 909-921.
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Assessing Impacts for Online Professional Communities in Informal Science Education
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In May 2008 UPCLOSE convened a CAISE Inquiry Group with evaluators, academic experts and project leaders to discuss how to evaluate online professional communities serving informal science education professionals. View presentations, read interviews with experts, and learn about the insights shared during this two-day meeting. Enter Website » |
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Dr. Brigid Barron Associate Professor Stanford University Follow a conversation about interest development and learning to create with new media technologies across settings. Read more » |
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI-0610348. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.



