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STEM Week: Veronica Smith on Evaluating Student Learning in STEM Subjects

Leave a Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation, STEM Education and Training, Uncategorized / March 16, 2013

I am Veronica Smith, principal of data2insight, an evaluation and research firm specializing in STEM program evaluation. We love working with organizations to design, develop and improve curricula for STEM teaching and learning. Examples of curricula we have evaluated include the NWABR Science and Ethics of Humans in Research, TechStart, and BioQuest Global Health Curriculum. …

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STEM Week: Jack Mills on STEM Education Evaluation in Higher Education

Leave a Comment / STEM Education and Training / March 10, 2013

My name is Jack Mills, PhD. I am an Independent Evaluation Consultant and I evaluate programs designed to increase participation in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Programs run by and for underrepresented minority (URM) scholars are a primary focus of this work. I’m especially excited to help inaugurate the STEM Education TIG so that …

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CC Week: Jori Hall on Integrating Cultural Competence into Everyday Practice, Part 1

2 Comments / Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations, Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / May 27, 2013

Hello, I’m Jori Hall, assistant professor at the University of Georgia and a member of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group. This tip is focused on integrating cultural competence into everyday practice through values-engagement. Tips: As suggested in the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation, all evaluation …

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Shelly Engelman and Tom McKlin on ‘Grit’ as a Measure of Academic Success

1 Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation, STEM Education and Training / November 7, 2012

Hello all! This is Shelly Engelman and Tom McKlin, evaluators at The Findings Groups, LLC, a privately-owned applied research and evaluation firm with a focus on STEM education. The primary objective of many programs that we evaluate is to empower a broad range of elementary, middle and high school students to learn STEM content and …

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Hui-Hui Wang on Assessing STEM Education

2 Comments / Graduate Student and New Evaluators, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / August 24, 2011

My name is Hui-Hui Wang. Currently I am a Doctoral candidate in Science Education at the University of Minnesota. My research and teaching interests have been fostered by Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) integration professional development programs. As an evaluator, I encounter some struggles that I would like to share with people who are …

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Na’im, Blackmon, Ortiz, Nixon, Van Dyk, and Yanowitz on Positionality Matters: Understanding Culture and Context from the Perspective of Key Stakeholders

Leave a Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / April 18, 2011

This post is brought to you by Alyssa Na’im of the National Science Foundation’s ITEST Learning Resource Center at the Education Development Center, and several members of the ITEST Community of Practice: Angelique Tucker Blackmon, Innovative Learning Concepts, LLC; Araceli M. Ortiz, Sustainable Future, Inc.; Carol Nixon, Edvantia, Inc.; Pam Van Dyk, Evaluation Resources, LLC; and Karen …

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