Developing Experientially Based 4-H Curriculum Materials

The first publication in this series, 4-H 897, Developing Experientially Based 4-H Curriculum Materials, focuses on the way in which teaching materials are created, especially the actual arrangement of the parts of the finished product. The second publication, 4-H 898, Evaluating 4-H Curriculum Through the Design Process, focuses on the pilot testing and data collection phase of curriculum development. It contains both checklists for use by design teams and evaluation instruments to measure whether the curriculum achieved its stated outcomes. These publications were funded through a grant from the former National 4-H Network for Science and Technology (NNST).

Companion site: Nuturing Scientific Literacy Among Youth Through Experientially Based Curriculum Materials

Authors: Robert L. Horton, Suzanne Hutchinson, Susan J. Barkman, Krisann Machtmes, Hannah Myers

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Science, Engineering, and Technology (SET) Programming in the Context of 4-H Youth Development

The National 4-H SET Leadership Team commissioned this paper in October 2006 to
identify an established set of nationally recognized standards in science, engineering, and technology (SET) that 4‑H could align with, and a set of life-skill outcomes (SET abilities) that could be addressed with reasonable certainty within the context of 4‑H Youth Development.

The report is intended for use by National 4‑H SET Leadership Team members and Extension professionals to support the work of state and county 4‑H staff and volunteers, and to serve as a framework for design, implementation and evaluation of 4-H programs and curriculum materials. This paper was submitted for blind peer review in April 2007 and approved for publication in May 2007. Suzanne Le Menestrel, Ph.D., national program leader, youth development research, National 4‑H
Headquarters, CSREES, USDA, conducted the blind peer review.

The full paper is available here.