Evaluation and Research

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Online Workshop: Nano Brown-Bag: Making Evaluation Design Decisions: When Basic Evaluation Methods Meet the Real World

Online professional development workshop recording (2015).
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Team Based Inquiry (TBI) Cohort (2015) organizations describe their evaluation capacity-building projects

Evaluation capacity building tool Team Based Inquiry (TBI) project summaries.
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Partnerships in the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net): A study of partnerships between university scientists and museum professionals (2015)

Publication that describes findings from SRI’s research on Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net)-supported partnerships between university scientists and museum professionals to educate the public about nano-scale science, engineering, and technology ("nano").
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Nano and Society Case Study of a Research-to-Practice Partnership between University Scientists and Museum Professionals (2014)

Publication conducted by SRI Education that examined how complex and potentially controversial science ideas are translated for the public through a research-to-practice partnership between university scientists and museum professionals, collaborating to address a problem of educational practice, with mutual benefits.
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Team Based Inquiry (TBI) Cohort (2014) organizations describe their evaluation capacity-building projects

Evaluation capacity building tool Team Based Inquiry (TBI) project summaries.
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Online Workshop Recording: Nano Brown-Bag: Team-Based Inquiry Stories - NISE Network Partners Share What Works (and What Doesn't!)

Online professional development workshop recording (2014).
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ASTC Forum Workshop 2008 Formative Evaluation

Formative evaluation for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network.
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Year 4 Summative Evaluation Progress Memo

Summative evaluation report for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network.
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NISE Network Nanoscale Science Communication Study Developmental Evaluation (2012)

Summative evaluation report for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network examining how project components communicate information, ideas, and practices
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Process Evaluation of the Diversity, Equity, and Access Working Group's Partnership Pilot Project

A case study report for NISE Network’s Diversity, Equity, and Access working group about strategies engaging youth with nano activities in underrepresented backgrounds at Boys & Girls Clubs.
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