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resource research Museum and Science Center Exhibits

Transition Points: Snapshots of a STEM Journey

This series of research briefs is a look at how a STEM-focused museum youth development program prepared youth for college, through their own voices.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Aaron Price Cindy La Nguyen
resource research Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks

The Equity Lens Map: Factor Analysis & Validation

The Equity Lens Map: Factor Analysis & Validation
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TEAM MEMBERS: Aaron Price Lauren Young Rhonda Broussard Nicole Caridad Ralston Faith R. Kares
resource research Public Programs

The Story of 13 Moons: Developing an Environmental Health and Sustainability Curriculum Founded on Indigenous First Foods and Technologies

The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community developed an informal environmental health and sustainability (EHS) curriculum based on Swinomish beliefs and practices. EHS programs developed and implemented by Indigenous communities are extremely scarce. The mainstream view of EHS does not do justice to how many Indigenous peoples define EHS as reciprocal relationships between people, nonhuman beings, homelands, air, and waters. The curriculum provides an alternative informal educational platform for teaching science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) using identification, harvest
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TEAM MEMBERS: Jamie Donatuto Larry Campbell Diana Rohlman Joyce K. LeCompte Sonni Tadlock
resource research Public Programs

Storybooks and STEM: Using Books as a Tool to Support Early Childhood Family STEM Learning

Children’s storybooks are a ubiquitous learning resource, and one with huge potential to support STEM learning. They also continue to be a primary way that children learn about the world and engage in conversations with family members, even as the use of other media and technology increases. Especially before children learn to read, storybooks create the context for in-depth learning conversations with parents and other adults, which are the central drivers of STEM learning and development more broadly at this age. Although there is a body of literature highlighting the benefits of storybooks
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TEAM MEMBERS: Phyllis Katz Scott Pattison Gina Navoa Svarovsky Julia Plummer Kyungjin Cho Tara Cox Julia Skolnik Karen Peterson Erin Stafford Sara Greller
resource evaluation Afterschool Programs

Design Squad Global Outreach Partner Report

Concord Evaluation Group (CEG) conducted an outreach partner evaluation for Design Squad Global (DSG). DSG is produced and managed by WGBH Educational Foundation. WGBH partnered with FHI360, a nonprofit human development organizations working in 70 countries, to implement DSG around the globe. In the DSG program, children in afterschool and school clubs explored engineering through hands-on activities, such as designing and building an emergency shelter or a structure that could withstand an earthquake. Through DSG, children also had the chance to work alongside a partner club from another
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TEAM MEMBERS: Marisa Wolsky Sonja Latimore Christine Paulsen Steven Ehrenberg
resource evaluation Afterschool Programs

Design Squad Global Summative Evaluation Report

In 2017, Concord Evaluation Group (CEG) conducted a summative evaluation of Design Squad Global (DSG). DSG is produced and managed by WGBH Educational Foundation. WGBH partnered with FHI 360, a nonprofit human development organizations working in 70 countries, to implement DSG around the globe. In the DSG program, children in afterschool and school clubs explored engineering through hands-on activities, such as designing and building an emergency shelter or a structure that could withstand an earthquake. Through DSG, children also had the chance to work alongside a partner club from another
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TEAM MEMBERS: Christine Paulsen Marisa Wolsky Sonja Latimore Steven Ehrenberg