Hello, we are Jamie Bell and Sasha Palmquist from the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE), the resource center for the National Science Foundation Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program. Our work to support evaluation of informal STEM education has taken many forms since the launch of our InformalScience.org website in 2012. Resources …

STEM TIG WEEK: CAISE’s Work to Support Evaluation in Informal STEM Learning Settings by Jamie Bell and Sasha Palmquist Read More »

Hello – we are a team of evaluators and researchers who work together on a project called Streamlinine Embedded Assessments (NSF #1713434), and we want to share a bit about our efforts to develop embedded assessments as a form of shared measures that can serve the needs and context within citizen science and other forms …

STEM TIG WEEK: Share and Share Alike: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Using Embedded Assessments as Shared Measures by Veronica Del Bianco, Cathlyn (Cat) Davis Stylinski, Rachel Becker-Klein, Amy Grack Nelson, Karen Peterman and Jenna Linhart Read More »

Hi, we’re Frances Carter-Johnson, Felicia Fullilove, Mark Leddy, Regina Sievert, Simone Soso and Eric Stone. We facilitated an Evaluation 2019 Think Tank entitled “Methods and Practices for Evaluation Capacity Building Projects in STEM Education Communities.” Our team included Data Scientists, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellows, Program Officers and an AEA GEDI in the Directorate for …

STEM TIG WEEK: Generating and Supporting Innovative Strategies to Build Evaluation Capacity in Communities Historically Underrepresented In STEM by Frances Carter-Johnson, Felicia Fullilove, Mark Leddy, Regina Sievert, Simone Soso and Eric Stone Read More »

This is Sharon O’Connor with the Center for Program Design & Evaluation (CPDE) at Dartmouth College. I don’t know about you, but I send out A LOT of online surveys. I used to hit the send button and then grumble and mumble when responses did not instantaneously come flooding in. When your response rates don’t …

STEM TIG WEEK: Multi-modal Connecting with STEM Undergraduate Students to Increase Response Rates by Sharon O’Connor Read More »

Hi, we are Shetay Ashford-Hanserd and Kathy Haynie, and we had a panel discussion at AEA 2019 entitled, “Intersectionality, Equity, and Evaluation: Decreasing Intersectional Barriers in NSF-Funded Youth Interventions”. In our discussion, we shared our experiences with three projects addressing equity issues faced by Black and Latino youth pursuing STEM degrees, Indigenous youth engaged in …

STEM TIG WEEK: Decreasing Intersectional Barriers in Youth Interventions by Shetay Ashford-Hanserd and Kathy Haynie Read More »

My name is Jason Ravitz of Evaluation by Design LLC and I’m pleased to kick off this week of blogs for our AEA STEM Education and Training TIG. A lot of my work focuses on evaluation capacity building and tools to learn and grow better programs in STEM and computer science (CS) education. Today’s post …

Toward an Interactive Hub – Welcome to STEM Education and Training Week! by Jason Ravitz Read More »