Pilot Assessment of the National Science Foundation's Investments in Informal Science Education. An Approach to Assessing Initiatives in Science Education: Volume 2.

Autor/inn/en	Knapp, Michael S.; und weitere
Institution	SRI International, Menlo Park, CA.
Titel	Pilot Assessment of the National Science Foundation's Investments in Informal Science Education. An Approach to Assessing Initiatives in Science Education: Volume 2.
Quelle	(1988), (171 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Cost Effectiveness; Decision Making; Educational Assessment; Educational Finance; Elementary School Science; Elementary Secondary Education; Evaluation Criteria; Evaluation Methods; Evaluation Needs; Evaluation Utilization; Financial Policy; Financial Support; Foundation Programs; Grants; Needs Assessment; Nonformal Education; School Support; Science Education; Secondary School Science + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Bildungsfonds; Fiscal policy; Finanzpolitik; Finanzielle Förderung; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Bedarfsermittlung; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Nichtformale Bildung; Schulförderverein; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung
Abstract	This project is concerned with the development of procedures and plans for the National Science Foundation (NSF) to use in assessing its initiatives on an ongoing basis. This work is meant to complement another review of NSF's investment opportunities by estabishing a sound basis for designing and carrying out assessments aimed at any of the Foundation's investments in K-12 science education, especially the new initiatives it mounts. To make ideas about assessment concrete, and to illustrate a range of activities that are not now used extensively by NSF, a pilot test of alternative assessment procedures within one area of support--informal science education--was undertaken. In this volume the findings of seven pilot-test activities are reported. These pilot assessments were intended to illustrate how short-term assessments could help NSF deal with difficult assessment questions. The results from each pilot assessment contains numerous insights into the effects of NSF's support for informal science education. (CW)
Anmerkungen	SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave., Room B-S142, Menlo Park, CA 94025 ($16.00).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC