Learning to Communicate about Science in Everyday Language through Informal Science Education

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written by Laurel Mayhew and Noah D. Finkelstein

The University of Colorado's Partnerships for Informal Science Education in the Community (PISEC) program, in which university students participate in classroom and after school science activities with local precollege children, seeks to develop children's interest, identity and abilities in science, while simultaneously developing university participant's interest and understanding in education and their abilities to communicate about science. The Communication in Everyday Language Assessment (CELA) component of our assessment suite has been used to evaluate university student teaching in these informal educational settings. We find significant positive gains a result of participating in the PISEC program.

Physics Education Research Conference 2009
Part of the PER Conference series
Ann Arbor, Michigan: July 29-30, 2009
Volume 1179, Pages 205-208

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Published: November 11, 2009

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Education Foundations - Assessment = Instruments - Communication = Language Education Practices - Informal Education	- Informal Education	- Reference Material = Report = Research study

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Mirror:: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3266716
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Restriction:: © 2009 American Institute of Physics
DOI:: 10.1063/1.3266716
NSF Number:: 0448176
PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.40.-d; 01.40.jc
Keywords:: Communication in Everyday Language Assessment, PERC 2009, Partnerships for Informal Science Education in the Community program, attitude, informal science education, physics education research, pre-service training
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created October 8, 2009 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:: July 12, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: November 11, 2009
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Mayhew, L., & Finkelstein, N. (2009, July 29-30). Learning to Communicate about Science in Everyday Language through Informal Science Education. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Retrieved May 2, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9484&DocID=1357

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Mayhew, Laurel, and Noah Finkelstein. "Learning to Communicate about Science in Everyday Language through Informal Science Education." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 29-30, 2009. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9484&DocID=1357 (accessed 2 May 2025).

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