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Conference paper on articulating citizen scientist’s skills
Embedded assessment (EA) is particularly well-suited for evaluating citizen science volunteers’ proficiency of science inquiry skills; however they remain uncommon in informal education. With funding …
Book chapter published on a community of practice
Communities of practice (CoPs) offer an effective professional development approach that can support informal educators in their climate change education work. This book chapter tells …
Paper on assessing citizen scientists’ skills
Regular and transparent assessment of volunteers’ science inquiry skills can support the dual intertwining goals of citizen science to advance science learning and science research. …
Paper published on measuring quality of classroom technology use
As part of our NSF-funded Technology Observation Protocol in Science (TOP-Science) project, we have published an open-source article that how we develop our TOP-Science tool, …
New Classroom Observation Protocol available with video tutorials
With support from NSF, our collaborative team completed developing, testing and refining a classroom observation protocol that captures the quality of technology use in science …
Paper published on scientist outreach training
We recently had a paper published on the benefits of a comprehensive public-engagement training for scientists. The NSF-funded nationwide Portal to the Public (PoP) …
New NOAA Grant – Making the Link
We have been awarded a new almost $3K NOAA BWET grant, Making the Link! We will help teams of Maryland curriculum writers and environmental education …
New NSF ITEST Grant – Girl ARTs
We have been awarded a new $1.1M NSF ITEST grant, Girl ARTs! Using a stealth science, we will partner rural art-oriented young women with scientists …
New NSF AISL grant – Streamlining Embedded Assessment
We have been awarded a new 4-year $1.975M NSF AISL grant, Streamlining Embedded Assessment! Our multi-institutional team will explore two innovative ways to study skills …