Formative Evaluation: Researcher-Caregiver Conversations & Research Toy Interactions

This section contains resources related to site-specific formative evaluation of Living Laboratory.

These tools are intended to help community members identify opportunities to improve training for educators and researchers in order to maximize positive impacts for participants and other visitors.

The Data Collection Guidelines provide general instructions and tips for conducting evaluation through observations of (and/or interviews with) visitors.

Two versions of each instrument (Researcher-Caregiver Conversations Instrument and Research Toy Interactions Instrument) are included: one can be modified and printed for data collection; the second is an annotated version, which includes more detailed instructions for each item in the instrument.

The Debrief and Reflection Form includes questions for data collectors to consider after each evaluation session.