An Evaluation Report for the Oregon Department of Education.
In collaboration with classroom teachers and WRAP personnel we developed and implemented a survey to collect baseline data on the science and arts teaching practices for ALL elementary teachers. This included “regular” classroom teachers (those teachers with an assigned physical classroom...
This report shows results from the developmental evaluation of phases B-D of the Lucy Student Pipeline Accelerator and Competency Enabler (L’SPACE) Program. The STEM Research Center at Oregon State University led an external evaluation for the program. This evaluation focuses on program development and success by analyzing student outcomes and...
This report includes the evaluation findings from a survey of the alumni of the L'SPACE program. Results from the alumni survey show the program has significantly impacted its participants and prepared them to be effective in the workforce. The alumni had overwhelmingly positive responses about the program and offered insights...
All of the data was collected at the FIGMENT art festival in New York City on June 23 and 24, 2018. The data was collected through: 1) paper survey for attendees to Guerilla Science activities, 2) short interviews (entry and exit) for attendees to Guerilla Science activities, and 3) short...
Many citizen science (CS) programs aim to grow and sustain a pool of enthusiastic participants who consistently contribute their efforts to a specific scientific endeavor. Consequently, much research has explored CS participants’ motivations and their relationship to participant recruitment and retention. However, much of this research has focused on actively...
Explorer At Large (XAL) is an education initiative designed to encourage students and their families to be curious and develop an identity as an explorer. XAL delivers a holistic ecosystem of learning opportunities that model curiosity and exploration skills and consists of the following four primary components: 1) freely distributed...
The STEM Research Center at Oregon State University was invited by Guerilla Science and Pratt Institute to evaluate the professional development experiences for two cohorts of science and art professionals. Each professional development experience consisted of a three-day workshop and field experience in August and September 2019. We used workshop...
The Center for Research on Lifelong STEM Learning was invited by the Oregon State University Extension Service 4-H Youth Development and the Portland Metro STEM Partnership to evaluate Year 1 of the STEM Beyond School (SBS) project. The STEM Beyond School project seeks to improve underserved youth’s access to and...
The main research goal for this study was to describe how continued investment into the Hubs is influencing local STEM communities; that is, how STEM Hubs have begun to create opportunities for partnerships, collaboration, connected programing, improved program development or delivery, or improved communication within and outside the STEM teaching...
