Summative Evaluation - OMSI

Summative Evaluation of OMSI’s Technoquest (Innovation Station) p. 12Extent of Use (continued)OVERVIEW: Most kids in the target age range also said they stopped in the Ball Room(72%), but staff suspicions about lower use of some other exhibits (shown on a photo board)were confirmed–about one-third saw Build an Aqueduct, one-quarter stopped at Program aRobot, and one-fifth used each of the other three exhibit elements, Tech Choices, DrawingBoard, and Oregon Inventors. A third of the kids said they didn’t stop at any of the exhibitelements shown on the photo board, except the Ball Room. The patterns of use were similaramong younger and older kids and there was only one significant difference between girlsand boys. Girls were more likely than boys to stop at the Drawing Board.CHILD EXIT INTERVIEWSDid you stop here? Kids Boys Girls Age 8-10 11-14[using photos] (n=150) (n=71) (n=72) (n=84) (n=61)Ball Room 72% 72% 73% 76% 67%Build an Aqueduct 38% 1 43% 34% 40% 37%Program a Robot 25% 31% ++ 18% 23% 28%Tech Choices 20% 18% 22% 18% 23%Back to the Drawing Board 19% 12% ** 26% 23% 15%Oregon Inventors 18% 17% 19% 15% 23%1 This figure is probably an over-estimate of use of the Build an Aqueduct exhibit because some children lookedat the photo and said they stopped here but when asked a follow-up question they talked about other exhibits inthe water area, e.g., sailboats, so we think they may not have actually seen this exhibit. (Not everyone wasasked a follow-up about this exhibit so we can’t always tell if they were mistaken.)Research report by People, Places & Design Research © OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, August 2005