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resource evaluation Exhibitions

Summative Evaluation, "Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond" at the Louisiana State Museum in New Orleans

The purpose of this Summative Evaluation was to assess visitors’ use and perceptions of ‘Living with Hurricanes: Katrina & Beyond’ at the Louisiana State Museum (LSM) as an informal science experience. The exhibition is distinctive in that it is presented in a museum which has been primarily focused on history. The overall experience, affective impact and learning were evaluated for visitors leaving the exhibition. More specific questions of science learning were evaluated in mini-studies in Room 3. This report also examines the degree to which emotion affects informal learning in the museum
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TEAM MEMBERS: Louisiana State Museum Jeff Hayward
resource evaluation Public Programs

Portal to the Public Summative Evaluation: Comparative Case Studies of Implementation at Five Sites

Portal to the Public (PoP) is a proven, scalable guiding framework for Informal Science Educators (ISE) to engage scientists and public audiences in face-to-face interactions that promote appreciation and understanding of current scientific research and its application. The PoP approach has two important characteristics that set it apart for other efforts: PoP (1) focused exclusively on interactions between scientists and general public visitors; and (2) included professional development for the scientists interacting with the public. The three collaborating museums (Pacific Science Center
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TEAM MEMBERS: Carey Tisdal Pacific Science Center
resource evaluation Public Programs

Engaging and Learning for Conservation: Workshop on Public Participation in Scientific Research Workshop Evaluation – Report 2, Follow-up

Engaging and Learning for Conservation: Workshop on Public Participation in Scientific Research was held at the American Museum of Natural History 7-8 April 2011. This preliminary report is based on the delayed post feedback from workshop participants 2-3 months following the workshop. The overall goals of the project are to convene a workshop for scientists, educators, and community members involved in public participation in scientific research (PPSR) to share experiences, lessons, protocols, and tool and to collaboratively set forth a coherent agenda for answering outstanding questions for
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TEAM MEMBERS: Joe E Heimlich American Museum of Natural History Cornell University National Audubon Society
resource evaluation Public Programs

Illuminated Verses, Post-Symposium Report

Illuminated Verses explored issues of traditional culture and modernity, as well as differences and diversity within the Islamic world, and offers an interpretive bridge to these content areas for both scholarly and general audiences. Through a symposium and a series of pre-events leading up to that program, Poets House and CityLore explored ways of using poetry, discussion and interpretation of poetry to create bridges for intercultural understanding. The symposium and pre-symposium events also served as a springboard to explore the potential for a broader, potentially national, program. This
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TEAM MEMBERS: John Fraser Poets House & City Lore Karen Plemons Elizabeth Danter
resource evaluation Public Programs

Engaging and Learning for Conservation: Workshop on Public Participation in Scientific Research Workshop Evaluation – Report 1

Engaging and Learning for Conservation: Workshop on Public Participation in Scientific Research was held at the American Museum of Natural History 7-8 April 2011. This preliminary report synthesizes the process evaluation with the workshop feedback provided by the participants. The overall goals of the project are to convene a workshop for scientists, educators, and community members involved in public participation in scientific research (PPSR) to share experiences, lessons, protocols, and tool and to collaboratively set forth a coherent agenda for answering outstanding questions for
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TEAM MEMBERS: Joe E Heimlich American Museum Natural History Cornell University National Audubon Society
resource evaluation Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks

Science Cafe Online Workshop Formative Evaluation

This report presents findings from the evaluation of the online professional development workshop on the topic of hosting nanoscience cafes.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Jenna Lecomte-Hinely Scott Pattison
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