Collaborative Research: EvalFest (Evaluation Use, Value and Learning through Festivals of Science and Technology)

合作研究：EvalFest（通过科技节进行评估使用、价值和学习）

• 批准号: 1423050
• 负责人: Katherine Nielsen
• 金额: $ 17.9万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Francisco
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-01 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1423050&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; EvalFest; Evaluation; Use

EvalFest (Evaluation Use, Value, and Learning through Festivals of Science and Technology) will test innovative evaluation methods in science festivals that are being held across the country and assess in what ways and how effectively they are used. Morehead Planetarium and Science Center (at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) and the University of California, San Francisco, in collaboration with over twenty science festivals, will (1) investigate whether a multisite evaluation approach is an effective model for creating common metrics for informal STEM education, (2) develop common methods to measure the effects of Festivals, (3) create a query-able database of 50,000 Festival attendees to share with the informal STEM learning field, and (4) document whether these efforts also result in new knowledge related to informal STEM education. The project will develop the Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM) system and query-able database for the festival community. EFMs are systems, including processes and software, that enable groups (such as the festival network) to collect, organize, analyze and share data. The EFM system will be designed to integrate data across sites and to allow users to extract data of interest. The project will refine evaluation tools currently used within the Science Festival Alliance that assess self-reported festival learning, and the effects of festival attendance, motivation, and future science participation. It will collect economic impact data and longitudinal festival attendee data. The project will also develop some new evaluation tools such as secret shopper observational protocols. Data from festival attendees will be collected onsite at participating festivals.

EvalFest(评估使用、价值和通过科技节学习)将在全国各地举办的科学节中测试创新的评估方法，并评估它们的使用方式和效率。莫尔黑德天文馆和科学中心(位于北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校)和加州大学旧金山分校将与20多个科学节合作，(1)调查多站点评估方法是否是为非正式STEM教育创建共同指标的有效模式，(2)制定衡量艺术节影响的通用方法，(3)创建一个可查询的数据库，50,000名参加STEM节的参与者与非正式STEM学习领域分享，以及(4)记录这些努力是否也产生了与非正式STEM教育相关的新知识。该项目将为节日社区开发企业反馈管理(EFM)系统和可查询的数据库。EFMS是包括流程和软件在内的系统，使团体(如电影节网络)能够收集、组织、分析和共享数据。EFM系统将被设计成整合各站点的数据，并允许用户提取感兴趣的数据。该项目将完善科学节联盟目前使用的评估工具，这些工具评估自我报告的节日学习情况，以及节日出席人数、动机和未来科学参与的影响。它将收集经济影响数据和纵向节日参观者数据。该项目还将开发一些新的评估工具，如秘密购物者观察协议。参观者的数据将在参与的节日现场收集。