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Visitors’ Interpretations of Images of the Nanoscale Front-End Evaluation

This front-end study was conducted to gauge the visiting public’s interpretation of scientific images of the nanoscale. The interview questions used during this study are included in the appendix of this report.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Joyce Ma
resource evaluation Public Programs

Review of NISE Net Evaluation Findings: Years 1-5

The Review of NISE Network Evaluation Findings: Years 1-5 seeks to investigate the work of the NISE Network since its inception in 2005 and provide an overarching summary of NISE Net Public Impacts evaluation efforts to the NISE Network and the broader ISE field.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Christine Reich Juli Goss Elizabeth Kollmann Jane Morgan Amy Grack Nelson
resource evaluation Public Programs

Public Impacts Summative Evaluation: Study 2

This study looks specifically at the activities of the Tier I, II and III institutions as a way of determining whether it is likely that NISE Net will have an impact on the public through the NSET public outreach activities of those institutions. The main question driving this study is the following: To what extent is NISE Net reaching the public through the different tiers of the Network? This study presents preliminary findings from the Study 2 investigation, looking specifically at the actions of the professionals who have come into contact with NISE Net (including those who have attended
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TEAM MEMBERS: Christine Reich Juli Goss
resource evaluation Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks

Overview of the NISE Network Evaluation

The documents that comprise the Inverness Research Summative Report provide a comprehensive and systematic review of the progress made in developing a network organization capable of supporting nanoscience education for the public on a national scale.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Mark St. John Jenifer V. Helms Pam Castori Judy Hirabayashi Laurie Lopez Michelle Phillips
resource evaluation Media and Technology

Impact of SciTech Today Nanotechnology Cable News Segments

This 2009 summative evaluation of nanotechnology news segments produced by the Museum of Science utilized a post-only, double-blind, randomly-assigned treatment and control group experiment methodology.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Barbara Flagg
resource research

NISE Network Public Forums Manual

This is a guide to creating public conversations about nanoscience. Includes evaluation tools.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Brad Herring
resource evaluation Public Programs

NISE Network Program Evaluation Tools (package)

The NISE Network program evaluation tools package includes guidelines and templates to facilitate in program evaluation
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TEAM MEMBERS: Kirsten Ellenbogen Amy Grack Nelson
resource research Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks

NISE Network Use and Privacy Policy

Details on use and privacy policy for the NISE Network and NSF. Includes guidelines, forms and logos.
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TEAM MEMBERS: NISE Network Christine Reich
resource evaluation Media and Technology

Radiolab: What Curiosity Sounds Like Summative Evaluation

This report summarizes evaluative findings from a project titled “What Curiosity Sounds Like: Discovering, Challenging, and Sharing Scientific Ideas” (a.k.a.: “Discovery Dialogues”). The project, a Full-Scale development project funded by the National Science Foundation as part of its Advancing Informal Science Learning (AISL) program, explored new ways to actively engage both lay and professional audiences, and foster meaningful communication between scientists and the general public. Appendix includes survey and interview questions.
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TEAM MEMBERS: New York Public Radio - WNYC Jennifer Borland