In
accordance with accepted educational practices, we propose the following metric
for the K-12 outreach projects. These
metrics address the scope of work outlined in the original NSFSTC proposal and
in the individual K-12 outreach proposal submitted by The Science House.
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Timeline for Answering Measurement
Questions |
Work
Product |
Measurement
Questions |
Measurement
Indicators |
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Objective
1: Educational
Website |
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By Jan 2000 2.
By August 2000 (On-going
evaluation) 3.
By Jan 2001 (on-going-evaluation) |
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Was the website on-line by the proposed date? 2.
Is the website kept up-to-date? 3.
Is the website of comparable quality o those of our peers? |
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Date website went on-line 2.
Monthly checks of website of current entries 3.
Expert determination of quality by GEM: The Gateway to Educational Materials |
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Objective2: Learning Modules
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1.By
Jan 2001 2.By
Jan 2001 3.By
Apr 2001 4.By
Jul 2001 (on-going evaluation) 5. By Sep 2001 |
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1.Are
the activities in the booklet aligned with the NC and Texas Standard Course
of Study 2.was
the activity booklet available for distribution by the projected date? 3.Have
the booklets been distributed for use in the K-12 schools? 4.Have
the activity booklets been used in the K-12 schools? 5.Are
workshops being conducted based on the activities in the booklet? |
1.Expert
determination by the Eisenhower Consortium @ SERVE 2.Date
booklet received from printer 3.Dates
of distribution of booklets to Center universities, individual schools, and
other distribution points 4.Representative
sampling of schools inn distribution areas 5.workshop
log and workshop evaluations |
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Objective
2: Learning Modules
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1.By
Jul 2001 2.
By Jul 2001 |
1.Plans
will be in place for the production, distributions, and evaluation of modules
to correlate with the middle grades environmental Standard Courses of Study
for NC and Texas 2.Additional
classes of emphasis will be chosen and plans will be in place for the
production, distribution, and evaluation of additional modules |
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Objective
3:
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1.By
Sep 2000 2.By
Oct 2000 |
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1.Has
contact been established with each of the four campuses? 2.
Has liaison been identified at each of the four campuses? |
1.Log
of date of initial contacts 2.Log
of dates for confirming liaisons. |
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3.By
Jan 2001 4.By
April 2001 5.
By Sep 2001 (on-going evaluation) |
3.Has
inventory of currently existing outreach programs been conducted at each of
the four campuses? 4.Have
activity booklets been placed at each of the four campuses for distribution
to K-12 systems? 5.
Are Center faculty/students at each of the four campuses involved in the K-12
outreach? |
3.Log
of programs found at each university 4.Log
of shipment of booklets to each university 5.ist
of faculty members and students from each university that work on the project
and their contributions |
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Additional
Plans |
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1.Dates
to be determined by the scheduling of appropriate conference venues 2.Dates
to be determined by publication schedules of appropriate journals 3.Ongoing |
1.Conference
presentations 2.Journal
publications 3.Reports
of numbers of teachers and students impacted |
1.Have
conference presentations been planned and implemented? 2.Have
articles been published in journals? 3.How
many K-12 students and teachers have been impacted? |
1.List
of conference presentations and analysis of evaluations 2.Portfolio
of publications 3.Database
of impacted teachers and students |