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ERIC Number: ED299144
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-Apr
Pages: 171
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Pilot Assessment of the National Science Foundation's Investments in Informal Science Education. An Approach to Assessing Initiatives in Science Education: Volume 2.
Knapp, Michael S.; And Others
This project is concerned with the development of procedures and plans for the National Science Foundation (NSF) to use in assessing its initiatives on an ongoing basis. This work is meant to complement another review of NSF's investment opportunities by estabishing a sound basis for designing and carrying out assessments aimed at any of the Foundation's investments in K-12 science education, especially the new initiatives it mounts. To make ideas about assessment concrete, and to illustrate a range of activities that are not now used extensively by NSF, a pilot test of alternative assessment procedures within one area of support--informal science education--was undertaken. In this volume the findings of seven pilot-test activities are reported. These pilot assessments were intended to illustrate how short-term assessments could help NSF deal with difficult assessment questions. The results from each pilot assessment contains numerous insights into the effects of NSF's support for informal science education. (CW)
SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave., Room B-S142, Menlo Park, CA 94025 ($16.00).
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Policymakers; Researchers
Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Science and Engineering Education.
Authoring Institution: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A