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Review of tools for asssessing science in OST

The following study can be downloaded from the bottom of this page. It reviews existing tools for measuring science and OST contexts, and concludes that existing instruments are useful by themselves but there is a great need for more coordination and coherence of assessment tools for the broader field.

Hussar, K., Schwartz, S., Boiselle, E., & Noam, G.G. (2008). Toward a systematic evidence-base for science in out-of-school time: The role of assessment. Retrieved September 11, 2008 from http://www.noycefdn.org/documents/TowardaSystematicEvidenceBaseforScienceinOoSTime.pdf


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Last Updated: Friday, Feb 20, 2009


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