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Appendix C: Characteristics of Science Learning in Citizen Science Projects: An Ad Hoc Review
Pages 173-176

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... Some of the characteristics that individual committee members used in defining a typical citizen science project included but are not limited to: the project had mutually dependent tasks that the participants and the scientists needed to do to achieve the scientific pursuit; the participants were part of the science team; and participants learned as part of their involvement. To be included in the sample, a project must have either a Website or detailed online information about the project.
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From page 174...
... Though our initial solicitation for projects included "typical," "atypical," and "close-but-not" citizen science, this ad hoc review focuses solely on projects the committee ultimately deemed typical. For each project, the committee analyzed quotations from the project that described the project itself, the learning goals of the project, claims for learning achieved, evidence of learning achieved, and learning aids provided by the project.
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From page 175...
... This ad hoc review did not examine the structure of the trainings and guides; however, given the purpose of these materials, it is possible that these materials were intentionally composed around pedagogy or theories of learning. EVIDENCE OF LEARNING Within this broad claim that participating in citizen science projects can lead to increased knowledge, the aim of learning science concepts has the most supporting evidence of any other aim or claim.
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From page 176...
... Also, most of these projects tend to involve the participants interacting with information via a computer; they usually do not require that the participant collect information or engage the natural world. The projects that do involve data collection and engaging the natural world but do not have learning aims or claims typically involve participants submitting information about a natural event that they (and not scientists)
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