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K. C. Busch; Lynn Chesnut; Kathryn Stevenson; Lincoln Larson; Allison Black-Maier; Charles Yelton; Darrell Stover – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2024
This paper reports on the results of a research-practice partnership that included a U.S. university research team and a state-funded grants program that supports informal science education. The goal of the 2-year partnership was to develop an empirically-tested model for collaboration and capacity-building (CCB) in support of collective…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Informal Education, Science Education, Science Teaching Centers
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Hava, Kevser; Guyer, Tolga; Cakir, Hasan – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
The purpose of this research is to investigate students' learning experiences in a systematic game development process. The study was conducted at a science and arts center, where gifted students can enroll in after-school activities. Fifteen students and one instructor participated in a 12-week problem-solving implementation. During the last five…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Teaching Methods, After School Programs, Problem Solving
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Walker, Graham J.; Stocklmayer, Susan M.; Grant, Will J. – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2013
Science centres and other informal learning environments are increasingly becoming venues in which socioscientific issues are presented, sometimes with the aim of influencing attitudes and behaviour. This study investigated the effects of an HIV AIDS science theatre presentation on the behavioural intentions of 697 South African students, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teaching Centers, Informal Education, Science and Society