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| Abstract Title: | Defining Productivity Using Student Objectives in an Informal Physics Program |
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| Abstract: | The structure of informal physics settings offers a unique environment for participants given the degree of control they have over their learning and engagement. This uniqueness allows for distinct affordances over formal settings due to participant's agency in navigating the material as they see fit and creating their own objectives. However, in the absence of evaluative measures, participant's freedom in informal settings to set and pursue their own objectives makes assessing their productivity non-trivial. To address the issue of defining student productivity, we compared explicitly-stated objectives with those inferred from in situ behavior for participants in the Partnership for Informal Science Education in the Community (PISEC) after-school physics program. Examples of and evidence for productivity will be presented and implications for a student-objective definition of productivity for outreach program design will be discussed. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Session Time: | Poster Session I |
| Poster Number: | A70 |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Paul Reynerson University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Brett Fiedler - University of Colorado at Boulder, JILA Michael B. Bennett - University of Colorado at Boulder Claudia Fracchiolla - Marie Curie Fellow, University College Dublin Noah D. Finkelstein - University of Colorado at Boulder |
