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Evaluation and Research Reports List

Evaluation is a process used to improve the design and function of educational experiences in informal learning environments and to measure progress toward goals. Research studies are designed to generate findings that will inform the broader field of informal science education.

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How Can an Evaluation Advisory Committee Benefit a Project? The NISE Network Example

Professional development training tool to prepare network awardees to create an Evaluation Committee of Visitors (COV) which is commonly used when a project team wants to ensure a consistent outsider lens and broader perspective.
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SEISE Project Mission Futures Exhibition Summative Evaluation Final Report revised February 2024 Report Cover Page with family using an exhibit

Summative Evaluation of the Mission Future exhibition (2024)

Summative evaluation report for the Mission Future: Arizona 2045 exhibition focused on public impacts.
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Nanomedicine Exhibits 2007 Formative Evaluation

Formative evaluation for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network.
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Changing Colors 2008 Formative Evaluation

Formative evaluation for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network.
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Exhibits and Programs Year 4 Summative Evaluation

Summative evaluation report for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network.
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Team Based Inquiry (TBI) Cohort (2015) organizations describe their evaluation capacity-building projects

Evaluation capacity building tool Team Based Inquiry (TBI) project summaries.
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NISE Network Nanoscale Science Years 6‐10 Evaluation Summary Report (2017)

Summative evaluation report for Years 6-10 (2010-2015) of the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network project.
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SEISE Project Professional Learning Community PLC Summative Evaluation revised March 2024 report cover page showing many faces on Zoom

Space Earth and Informal Science Education (SEISE) Professional Learning Community (PLC) Summative Evaluation Summative Evaluation (2021)

Summative evaluation study for the Space Earth and Informal Science Education (SEISE) project Earth & Space Project-Based Professional Learning Community (PLC)
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Nanomedicine Exhbiits 2006 Formative Evaluation

Formative evaluation for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network.
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Mixing Molecules 2009 Formative Evaluation

Formative evaluation for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network.
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