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Techbridge Girls Broad Implementation: Summative Evaluation Findings (2013-2018)

Program evaluators from the Education Development Center (EDC) used a mixed-methods, quasi-experimental design to evaluate the impact on girls’ awareness and interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). After the final year of the project, EDC delivered a summative report to Techbridge Girls (TBG), which was based on data collected during the five-year grant period, with a particular focus on the final year that grant funds supported programming (2017-18). Data included pre- and post-surveys with TBG participants and comparison students, participant focus groups, and
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TEAM MEMBERS: Ginger Fitzwater
resource evaluation Public Programs

Techbridge Broad Implementation: 2014‐2015 Evaluation Findings from Techbridge’s First Year in Greater Seattle

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. In the fall of 2014, Techbridge Girls began offering after-school programming at five elementary and two middle schools in the Highline Public School district, located near Seattle, WA. Education Development Center is conducting the formative and summative evaluation of the
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TEAM MEMBERS: Ginger Fitzhugh Carrie Liston Sarah Armstrong
resource research Public Programs

Informal Science Learning: an investigation of how novelty and motivation affect interest development at a mobile laboratory

MobiLLab is a mobile science education program designed to awaken young people’s interest in science and technology (S&T). Perceived novelty, or unfamiliarity, has been shown to affect pupils’ educational outcomes at similar out-of-school learning places (OSLePs) such as museums and science centers. A study involved 215 mobiLLab pupils who responded to three surveys: a pre-preparation, at-visit, and post-visit survey. Results provide evidence for four dimensions of pupils’ at-visit novelty: curiosity, exploratory behavior, oriented feeling, and cognitive load. Findings also show that classroom
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TEAM MEMBERS: Rebecca Cors
resource evaluation Media and Technology

Cascading Influences: Long-Term Impacts of STEM Informal Experiences for Girls

This report is the result of a project to investigate through a sociocultural lens whether girls-only, informal STEM experiences have potential long-term influences on young women's lives, both in terms of STEM but also more generally. The authors documented young women's perceptions of their program experiences and the ways in which they influenced their future choices in education, careers, leisure pursuits, and ways of thinking about what science is and who does it. This report includes the questionnaire used in the study.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Dale McCreedy Lynn Dierking
resource evaluation Informal/Formal Connections

Revised Women in Science Scale (WISS-R)

Women in Science Scale-Revised (WiSS-R) is a revised version of the original tool - Women in Science Scale (WiSS), a 27-item Likert type scale created by Erb & Smith in 1984. For reference, please see Erb, T. O., & Smith, W. S. (1984). Validation of the Attitude Toward Women in Science Scale for Early Adolescents. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 21, 391–397.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Steven Owen Mary Anne Toepperwein Carolyn Marshall Michael Lichtenstein Cheryl Blalock Yan Liu et al.