Cumulative Impact Study of Informal Science Learning

起重机 研究通信有限公司将开发研究设计，测量和分析技术，用于评估非正式科学学习电视节目和其他媒体的影响。 心理学、科学教育、传播研究以及评估和测试领域的专家将制定方法和工具，以便： 更好地评估对特定受众的态度、认知和行为的影响， o考虑到非正式科学学习可能采取各种形式， 更好地评估电视和其他媒体对非正式科学学习的累积影响。 该项目的PI将是RCL总裁Valerie起重机，以及RCL员工Beth Rabin和Suzanne Carter。 顾问将包括儿童电视节目研究方面的专家，如埃伦·沃特拉和基思·米尔克，探究式学习和正式及非正式科学课程方面的专家，如马修·施内普斯，以及评估和测试方面的专家，如爱德华·奇滕登。

9630734 Crane Research Communications Ltd. will develop research designs, measurement, and analysis techniques for the assessment of the impacts of informal science learning television programming and other media. Experts in the fields of psychology, science education, communications research, and evaluation and testing will develop methodologies and instruments to: o better assess impact on attitudes, cognition, and behavior for specific audiences, o take into account the idea that informal science learning may take a variety of forms, and o better assess cumulative impacts of television and other media on informal science learning. The PI's for the project will be Valerie Crane, President of RCL, and Beth Rabin and Suzanne Carter, both on the RCL staff. Advisors would include experts in research on children's television programming such as Ellen Wartella and Keith Mielke, specialists in inquiry-based learning and formal and informal science curricula such as Matthew Schneps, and specialists in evaluation and testing such as Edward Chittenden.