Research & Evaluation

NISE Network Forum: "Nanomedicine in Healthcare" Formative Evaluation

During 2007, the "Nanomedicine in Healthcare" forum was conducted and formatively evaluated six times by the NISE Network Forum Team institutions. This report provides the formative evaluation results for all six implementations.  Read more

NISE Network Forum: "Privacy. Civil Liberties. Nanotechnology." Formative Evaluation

As part of the creation of the “Privacy. Civil Liberties. Nanotechnology.” forum, the program was formatively evaluated three times between September 2008 and September 2009. This report is a summary of those findings.  Read more

Nano PSA Video TBI

Short visitor survey with storyboards of video to be filmed, to check that intended messages would come across.  Read more

Sharing Science Workshops for Graduate Students, Fall 2009

The Museum of Science partnered with the Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing to create a sequence of professional development experiences in science communication and hands-on learning for graduate students and post-docs. The Sharing Science Workshops were intended to help graduate students who work with the CHN program to improve their abilities to present their research to a variety of scientific and nonscientific audiences. The sequence included a half-day "Sharing Science" workshop, a half-day guided "Practicum" with museum visitors, and optional participation in NanoDays events at MOS. The UMass Donahue Institute undertook an evaluation of the first two programs to better understand their impact.  Read more

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Science Communication Workshops

The Museum of Science collaborated with the Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing to develop a two-session science communication workshop program for REU students at Northeastern, UMass-Lowell, and the University of New Hampshire. This evaluation of the CHN REU program - conducted by the Donahue Institute- focused in great depth on the outcomes of the science communication workshops, from pp 12 - 27. One of the purposes of evalution was to determine whether there would be value in trying to disseminate the workshops to science museum and research center partners throughout the NISE Network.  Read more

NanoDays 2011 Report and Survey

The NanoDays 2011 Report and Survey summarizes NISE Network partner activities related to NanoDays 2011, as well as partner feedback solicited to help the Network improve future NanoDays materials and resources.  Read more

Bilingual Forums Formative Evaluation

This report summarizes data collected from focus groups that were conducted with bilingual individuals to gather feedback on the forum materials that NISE Net had translated into Spanish and to learn about Latinos’ perception of the bilingual forum.  Read more

NISE Network Forum: "Energy Challenges, Nanotech Solutions?" Formative Evaluation

The "Energy Challenges, Nanotech Solutions?" forum was created in 2008 by the NISE Network Forum Team. The report summarizes the findings across six implementations of this forum across the country.  Read more

Review of NISE Net Evaluation Findings: Years 1-5

The Review of NISE Network Evaluation Findings: Years 1-5 seeks to investigate the work of the NISE Network since its inception in 2005 and provide an overarching summary of NISE Net Public Impacts evaluation efforts to the NISE Network and the broader ISE field.  Read more

NISE Mini Exhibition: Formative Evaluation OVerview

During the winter of 2011, SMM survey associates and NISE Exhibits Team members collected a range of data on the mini-exhibition on the floor at SMM. This included interviews with visitors in January, and observations in January and March. The detailed reports on this work on these follow this summary.  Read more
 

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