Nancy L Staus, John H Falk, Aaron Price, Robert H Tai, Lynn D Dierking
{"title":"Measuring the long-term effects of informal science education experiences: challenges and potential solutions.","authors":"Nancy L Staus, John H Falk, Aaron Price, Robert H Tai, Lynn D Dierking","doi":"10.1186/s43031-021-00031-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s43031-021-00031-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite the fact that most science learning takes place outside of school, little is known about how engagement in informal science learning (ISL) experiences affects learners' knowledge, skill development, interest, or identities over long periods of time. Although substantial ISL research has documented short-term outcomes such as the learning that takes place during a science center visit, research suggests that the genuine benefits of informal experiences are long-term transformations in learners as they pursue a \"cascade\" of experiences subsequent to the initial educational event. However, a number of major methodological challenges have limited longitudinal research projects investigating the long-term effects of ISL experiences. In this paper we identify and address four key issues surrounding the critical but challenging area of how to study and measure the long-term effects or impacts of ISL experiences: attribution, attrition, data collection, and analytic approaches. Our objective is to provide guidance to ISL researchers wishing to engage in long-term investigations of learner outcomes and to begin a dialogue about how best to address the numerous challenges involved in this work.</p>","PeriodicalId":72822,"journal":{"name":"Disciplinary and interdisciplinary science education research","volume":"3 1","pages":"3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8090518/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41671946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A content analysis of pre-college lesson plans on human evolution","authors":"R. Hite","doi":"10.1186/s43031-020-00028-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43031-020-00028-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72822,"journal":{"name":"Disciplinary and interdisciplinary science education research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s43031-020-00028-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44136625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Even though it might take me a while, in the end, I understand it’: a longitudinal case study of interactions between a conceptual change strategy and student motivation, interest and confidence","authors":"Felicity I. McLure, Mihye Won, D. Treagust","doi":"10.1186/s43031-020-00027-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43031-020-00027-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72822,"journal":{"name":"Disciplinary and interdisciplinary science education research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s43031-020-00027-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48834900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joseph Johnson, Augusto Z. Macalalag, Julie Dunphy
{"title":"Incorporating socioscientific issues into a STEM education course: exploring teacher use of argumentation in SSI and plans for classroom implementation","authors":"Joseph Johnson, Augusto Z. Macalalag, Julie Dunphy","doi":"10.1186/s43031-020-00026-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43031-020-00026-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72822,"journal":{"name":"Disciplinary and interdisciplinary science education research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s43031-020-00026-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43783949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Health education, obesity and the making of citizens","authors":"C. Malmberg, A. Urbas, T. Nilson","doi":"10.1186/s43031-020-00025-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43031-020-00025-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72822,"journal":{"name":"Disciplinary and interdisciplinary science education research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s43031-020-00025-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45496287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Graduate teaching assistants: sharing epistemic agency with non-science majors in the biology laboratory","authors":"Justin McFadden, L. Fuselier","doi":"10.1186/s43031-020-00024-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43031-020-00024-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72822,"journal":{"name":"Disciplinary and interdisciplinary science education research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s43031-020-00024-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47306148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"When goals do not concur: conflicting perceptions of school science","authors":"David Fortus, Limor Daphna","doi":"10.1186/s43031-020-00023-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43031-020-00023-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72822,"journal":{"name":"Disciplinary and interdisciplinary science education research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s43031-020-00023-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49213356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carola Garrecht, M. Eckhardt, T. Höffler, U. Harms
{"title":"Fostering students’ socioscientific decision-making: exploring the effectiveness of an environmental science competition","authors":"Carola Garrecht, M. Eckhardt, T. Höffler, U. Harms","doi":"10.1186/s43031-020-00022-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43031-020-00022-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72822,"journal":{"name":"Disciplinary and interdisciplinary science education research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s43031-020-00022-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43224114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Missed expectations: teacher and coach tensions at the boundary of STEM integration in an elementary classroom","authors":"Justin McFadden, G. Roehrig","doi":"10.1186/s43031-020-00021-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43031-020-00021-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72822,"journal":{"name":"Disciplinary and interdisciplinary science education research","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s43031-020-00021-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42603621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christina I. Winterton, Ryan D. P. Dunk, Jason R. Wiles
{"title":"Peer-led team learning for introductory biology: relationships between peer-leader relatability, perceived role model status, and the potential influences of these variables on student learning gains","authors":"Christina I. Winterton, Ryan D. P. Dunk, Jason R. Wiles","doi":"10.1186/s43031-020-00020-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43031-020-00020-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72822,"journal":{"name":"Disciplinary and interdisciplinary science education research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s43031-020-00020-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42899199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}