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Carlos ManjarrezCarlos Manjarrez
Associate Deputy Director of Research and Statistics
Institute for Museums and Library Services
Loni WellmanLoni Wellman
Program Manager
The Children's Museum of Memphis
Heather ZimmermanHeather Zimmerman
Assistant Professor
Penn State University
Rick GarmonRick Garmon
Project Manager
Chicago Children's Museum
Haelee KimHaelee Kim
Evaluation Associate
AMNH
Roger ConnerRoger Conner
Executive Director
GO-Science
Anne D'AgostinoAnne D'Agostino
Partner/Evaluation Consultant
Compass Consulting Group
Steve BitgoodSteve Bitgood
Professor Emeritus
Jacksonville State Univesity

  • Summative Report :: Korn, R. (2008). Race Are We So Different?: A Summative Report. Arlington: American Anthropological Association.
  • Summative Report :: Goodman Research Group, Inc. (2008). Design Squad: Final Evaluation Report. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation.
  • Summative Report :: Stull, J. (2008). Sisters in Science in the Community: An Informal Gender Equity Program. Flushing: Queens College/CUNY.
  • Summative Report :: Apley, A. (2008). Dinosaurs Alive Film Summative Report. Baltimore: Maryland Science Center.
  • Summative Report :: Apley, A. (2007). DragonflyTV: Going Places in Science Children's Viewing Study. Saint Paul: Twin Cities Public Television.
  • Front End Report :: Serrell, B. (2007). CORN Front-End Evaluation. Indianapolis: Indiana State Museum.

    • New Features

    Project Pages » This new feature will become a living collection of informal learning projects. Create your own Project Page, link team members with profiles, browse similar projects, and see who is working on what.


    Membership » You can now Become a Member of InformalScience.org. Create a Member Profile to let others know about your work and interests. When you sign-up, your member page automatically populates with any of your work in found in the research, evaluation and projects databases. You can add new work, include images, presentations, and list conferences you plan to attend.


    Connections » Who is the field? Pulling from member profiles, project pages, evaluation reports, and citations, the site lets you explore links between research, people and projects. As the site grows, these connections will reveal the networks of ideas, collaborations and endeavors that unite us into a field.


    Interviews from the Field | Summer 2008
    Randikorn Randi Korn, Director
    Randi Korn & Associates, Inc.
    Join a conversation about a broader role for evaluation in the activities of museums, the opportunities and challenges of the new framework for measuring impacts of informal learning experiences, and the professional development of evaluators.
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