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Viktoria Feucht; Paul Wilhelm Dierkes; Andreas Haeser-Kalthoff; Axel Kästner; Constanze Mager; Sören Reichhardt; Lucia Schröder; Tanja Spengler; Ina Steinert; Patrizia Ugolini; Franziska Waked; Matthias Winfried Kleespies – Environmental Education Research, 2025
Regular evaluation of environmental education is important for quality assurance and the self-assessment of educational institutions such as zoos. However, capacity is often lacking. Therefore, this study presents instruments that can be used to track the impact of educational programs on connection to nature, interest in species conservation,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Recreational Facilities, Demonstration Centers, Science Teaching Centers
Tal, Tali; Dallashe, Sameer – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2021
We investigated the characteristics of a medical simulation-based informal learning environment (MSBE) of a science center--an environment not yet studied--to understand its uniqueness and its impact on visiting students. In the MSBE, students interact with, and operate, sophisticated simulators which demonstrate a range of medical situations.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Medical Education, Simulation, Informal Education
Bildiren, Ahmet; Çitil, Mahmut – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine the education of gifted children in Turkey during 1923-2020 from an historical perspective and to evaluate the current practices in gifted education. Drawing from the literature review, we first report on the policies and the legal and corporate advancements implemented in the field of gifted education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Educational History
Murcia, Karen; Pepper, Coral – Issues in Educational Research, 2018
Science centres generally strive to increase awareness, interest, capability and participation by citizens in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). This review of Scitech's professional learning (PL) strategy was designed to analyse quantitative and qualitative feedback about the professional learning activities delivered by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Influences, Science Teaching Centers, STEM Education
Gonzalez, Avelino J.; Hollister, James R.; DeMara, Ronald F.; Leigh, Jason; Lanman, Brandan; Lee, Sang-Yoon; Parker, Shane; Walls, Christopher; Parker, Jeanne; Wong, Josiah; Barham, Clayton; Wilder, Bryan – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2017
This paper describes an interactive museum exhibit featuring an avatar of Alan Turing that informs museum visitors about artificial intelligence and Turing's seminal Turing Test for machine intelligence. The objective of the exhibit is to engage and motivate visiting children in the hope of sparking an interest in them about computer science and…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Informal Education, Science Education, Interaction
Nelson, Amy Grack; Cohn, Sarah – Journal of Museum Education, 2015
Museums often evaluate various aspects of their audiences' experiences, be it what they learn from a program or how they react to an exhibition. Each museum program or exhibition has its own set of goals, which can drive what an evaluator studies and how an evaluation evolves. When designing an evaluation, data collection methods are purposefully…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Research Methodology, Program Evaluation, Museums
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education, 2007
In 2002, HM Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) carried out a review of the contribution of the Scottish science centres to formal and informal science education as part of a broader review of all science centres in the United Kingdom. This report identifies many strengths in individual centres and across the network. It is clear that the centres…
Descriptors: Science Education, Foreign Countries, Best Practices, Science Course Improvement Projects

Heffernan, Bernadette M. – Journal of Environmental Education, 1998
Describes work done to provide staff of the Sandy Point Discovery Center with methods for evaluating exhibits and interpretive programming. Quantitative and qualitative evaluation measures were designed to assess the program's objective of estuary education. Pretest-posttest questionnaires and interviews are used to measure subjects' knowledge and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Environmental Interpretation, Estuaries

Simmons, Deborah A. – Environmental Education and Information, 1990
Presented are the results of a survey of approximately 1300 centers across the United States and Canada. Discussed are management and ownership, setting, size, budget, staffing, annual use, acreage, and facilities. (CW)
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Conservation Education, Environmental Education, Natural Resources
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1971
January 31 to May 28, 1971, 44 5th grade classes and teachers from the Washington, D.C. Public Schools visited the Environmental Outdoor Laboratory School, Catoctin Mountain National Park, Thurmont, Maryland. The school provided: (1) specialized training in reading and related communication skills; (2) opportunities for growth in socialization…
Descriptors: Camping, Elementary Education, Grade 5, Laboratory Training
Botha, P. M. C., Ed. – 1987
This report, containing seven articles, summarizes a series of evaluation studies. The first article, "The Shell Science and Mathematics Resource Centre in 1987," provides an overview of the Centre's mode and reflections about the achievements of the Centre during the three years of its operation. The second article, "The Curriculum…
Descriptors: Education Service Centers, Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Management Development

Penick, John E.; Yager, Robert E. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1988
This article discusses the conceptual framework, methods courses, student teaching component, and evaluation results of the science teacher education program at University of Iowa. (IAH)
Descriptors: Course Content, Education Courses, Higher Education, Methods Courses

Hofstein, Avi; Rosenfeld, Sherman – Studies in Science Education, 1996
Presents and integrates findings from selected research and evaluation studies of informal science learning in different settings such as school-based field trips, student projects, community-based science programs, visits to museums and zoos, the press, and electronic media. Contains 91 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Field Trips, Foreign Countries, Information Systems
Williams-Robertson, Lydia – 1990
The achievement of students at the Science Academy of Austin, an academy located within a high school, is profiled. A study was conducted to compare Science Academy students to other high-achieving students in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) and to predict levels of achievement. The results of this study indicate that Academy…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, College Bound Students, Comparative Analysis
Berney, Tomi D.; Barrera, Marbella – 1990
This report documents the evaluation of the Bilingual Mathematics and Science Achievement Program (Project BMSA) for students of limited English proficiency. The bilingual program was designed to provide intensive mathematics and science instruction, using mastery level concepts, in the native language and to incorporate mathematics and science…
Descriptors: Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Instructional Materials
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