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Who are We Missing, and Now What? A Demographic Study of Planetarium Visitors and Next Steps for the Field

This study collected data from seven planetarium email lists (one per planetarium regional organization in the United States), as well as online survey panel data from residents in each area, to describe and compare those who do and do not visit planetariums.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Karen Peterman Keshia Martin Jane Robertson Evia Sally Brummel Holly L. Menninger
resource evaluation Public Programs

Techbridge Broad Implementation: 2015‐2016 Evaluation Findings from Greater Seattle and Washington, DC (Executive Summary)

Techbridge Girls’ mission is to help girls discover a passion for science, engineering, and technology (SET). In August 2013, Techbridge Girls was awarded a five-year National Science Foundation grant to scale up its after-school program from the San Francisco Bay Area to multiple new locations around the United States. Techbridge Girls began offering after-school programming at elementary and middle schools in Greater Seattle in 2014, and in Washington, DC in 2015. Education Development Center is conducting the formative and summative evaluation of the project. To assess the
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TEAM MEMBERS: Ginger Fitzhugh Carrie Liston Sarah Armstrong
resource evaluation Public Programs

Techbridge Broad Implementation: 2015‐2016 Evaluation Findings from Greater Seattle and Washington, DC

Techbridge Girls’ mission is to help girls discover a passion for science, engineering, and technology (SET). In August 2013, Techbridge Girls was awarded a five-year National Science Foundation grant to scale up its after-school program from the San Francisco Bay Area to multiple new locations around the United States. Techbridge Girls began offering after-school programming at elementary and middle schools in Greater Seattle in 2014, and in Washington, DC in 2015. Education Development Center is conducting the formative and summative evaluation of the project. To assess the
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TEAM MEMBERS: Ginger Fitzhugh Carrie Liston Sarah Armstrong
resource research Media and Technology

What Parents Talk About When They Talk About Learning: A National Survey About Young Children and Science

Previous research has identified parental involvement—the ways parents and other caring adults interact with children in and outside of the home, and the kinds of learning materials with which parents surround children—as key to helping children develop knowledge and skills in literacy and math (Bassok, Finch, Lee, Reardon, & Waldfogel, 2016; Burgess, Hecht, & Lonigan, 2002; Niklas, Nguyen, Cloney, Tayler, & Adams, 2016; Sénéchal & LeFevre, 2002; Skwarchuk, Sowinski, & LeFevre, 2014). Parental support may be critical to children’s developing knowledge and understanding in science as well.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Megan Silander Todd Grindal Naomi Hupert Elisa Garcia Kea Anderson Philip Vahey Shelley Pasnik