ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ***************************************************************************** I know that several years ago, Monsanto did a community study looking at baseline knowledge and attitudes... Beryl >ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers >Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. >***************************************************************************** > >Our program is developing a formative evaluation tool to assess high >school students' understanding and interest of genetics, with an focus >toward the ethical, legal, and social issues of research focused on >gene-environment interactions. Given that the target audience is made >up of high school students, I'm wondering if there are any interactive >tools out there that museums or programs have used to do this. >Additionally, does anyone know of examples in the literature that >demonstrate successful evaluation tools to assess knowledge of genetics? > > > >Thank you for any anecdotes or resources you can send my way. > > >Sincerely, > >Kendra A. Mingo >Assistant Director, Community Outreach & Education Program >Director, Hydroville Curriculum Project >Environmental Health Science Center >Marine Freshwater Biomedical Sciences Center >Oregon State University >223 Weniger Hall >Corvallis, Oregon 97331-7302 > > > >phone: 541.737.8892 >fax: 541.737.9023 >email: [log in to unmask] >web: http://www.ehsc.orst.edu >web: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/mfbcenter/index.html >web: http://www.hydroville.org <http://www.hydroville.org/> > > > > >*********************************************************************** >More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the >Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at http://www.astc.org. >To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the >message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to >[log in to unmask] -- Beryl Rosenthal, Ph.D. Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs MIT Museum 265 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139 Tel: 617-452-2111 Fax: 617-253-8994 [log in to unmask] *********************************************************************** More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at http://www.astc.org. To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to [log in to unmask]