Edited by Rick Bonney, Leslie Goodyear, and Kirsten Ellenbogen
An initiative of the Visitor Studies Association, produced in partnership with the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education
This guide is designed to support the useful integration of evaluation and project design in informal learning environments. The primary audience for the guide is professionals who are working with evaluators as part of an informal STEM education project, including current PIs as well as individuals who are developing a proposal to any directorate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) that addresses informal STEM education. This is NOT a how-to guide on developing and implementing project evaluations. Many valuable resources already provide that information. Instead, this guide is focused on understanding the use and application of evaluation in informal STEM education projects to improve partnerships between project teams and their evaluators.
Read more about the PI Guide and access the draft for review here.