SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development institute, has been awarded $2.4 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a five-year research study focused on science in afterschool settings.
The study will examine publicly funded elementary and middle school grantees of California's Afterschool Education and Safety (ASES) program. SRI's research study will explore the social networks connecting afterschool programs with each other and with outside institutions such as science museums and technical assistance providers.
"We will examine the network links between afterschool providers and science institutions to understand how the network structure influences students' exposure to high-quality science learning materials," said principal investigator Barbara Means, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Technology in Learning, SRI International. "The larger goal of the study is to create new knowledge that helps afterschool and informal science stakeholders improve programs and broaden their impact."
Findings from the study will be available to practitioners, intermediaries, policymakers, funders and others with an interest in improving the quality of informal science and afterschool learning.
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