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Creator:: O'Connell, Kari, Keys, Brianna, and Storksdieck, Martin
Abstract:: The main research goal for this study was to describe how investment into the Hubs has influenced 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 and...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Oregon Chief Education Office Prepared by: Dr. Kari Bisbee O’Connell, Senior Researcher Brianna

Creator:: Stauss, Nancy, O'Connell, Kari, and Storksdieck, Martin
Abstract:: 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 2 of the STEM Beyond School (SBS) project. The STEM Beyond School project seeks to improve underserved youth’s access to and...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Extension 4- H and Portland Metro STEM Partnership Team Prepared by: Nancy Staus Kari O’Connell

Creator:: O'Connell, Kari, Hoke, Kelly, and Nilson, Roberta
Abstract:: Anecdotal evidence suggests that “learning in the field” has distinctive benefits to undergraduate education, but direct evidence about these benefits and effective practices in field-based science education is limited. The Undergraduate Field Experiences Research Network (UFERN) aims to address this gap as well as the opportunity for broadening participation in...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Undergraduate Field Experiences Prepared by: Dr. Kari O’Connell, Senior Researcher Kelly L. Hoke

Creator:: O'Connell, Kari, Keys, Brianna, and Storksdieck, Martin
Abstract:: Creative projects at the interface of science and art can be appealing to both science-interested and art-interested audiences. They therefore present a unique opportunity to connect with cultural and learning identities of a wide range of people, and to preach beyond the already-interested and science-engaged “choir” that make up a...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Report Prepared for the Simons Foundation Prepared by: Kari O’Connell Brianna Keys Martin

Creator:: Bisbee O'Connell, Kari, Keys, Brianna, and Storksdieck, Martin
Abstract:: The main research goal for this study was to describe how investment into the Hubs has influenced 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 and...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Oregon Chief Education Office Prepared by: Dr. Kari Bisbee O’Connell, Senior

Creator:: O'Connell, Kari, Keys, Brianna, Storksdieck, Martin, and Staus, Nancy
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Prepared for the OSU Extension 4-H and Portland Metro STEM Partnership Team Prepared by: Kari

Creator:: Bousselot, Tracy, Kim, Matthew, Storksdieck, Martin, O'Connell, Kari, and Keys, Brianna
Abstract:: The Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC) and the Center for Research on Lifelong STEM Learning at Oregon State University (OSU) are collaborating on a yearlong capacity-building research project in order to better understand the common and unique features and strengths of Oregon’s STEM Hubs. The project is intended to examine...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Tracy Bousselot Matthew Kim Martin Storksdieck Kari Elizabeth O’Connell Brianna Keys February

Creator:: Acker, Steven A., Kertis, Jane, Bruner, Howard, O’Connell, Kari, and Sexton, Jay
Abstract:: Coarse woody debris (CWD, comprised of snags and downed logs) is an important component of the structure and function of forest ecosystems, one which both influences the availability of fuel for wildfires and can be a result of wildfires. We studied snag persistence, and changes in mass of CWD in...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: , Howard Bruner c,1, Kari O’Connell c, Jay Sexton c aOlympic National Park, 600 E. Park Avenue, Port

Creator:: Stephenson, Nathan L., van Mantgem, Phillip J., Bunn, Andrew G., Bruner, Howard, Harmon, Mark E., O'Connell, Kari B., Urban, Dean L., and Franklin, Jerry F.
Abstract:: At global and regional scales, tree mortality rates are positively correlated with forest net primary productivity (NPP). Yet causes of the correlation are unknown, in spite of potentially profound implications for our understanding of environmental controls of forest structure and dynamics and, more generally, our understanding of broad-scale environmental controls...
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Full Text:: BRUNER,3 MARK E. HARMON,3 KARI B. O’CONNELL,3 DEAN L. URBAN,4 AND JERRY F. FRANKLIN5 1U.S. Geological

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