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Early Stage Financing of Clean Technology Industries: Does Private Equity Backing Matter?
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Measuring experiences of interest-related pursuits in connected learning
This paper describes an effort to develop a survey instrument capable of measuring adolescentsâ experiences of interest-related pursuits that are supported by technology. The measure focuses on youthsâ experiences of connected learning (Ito et al., 2013), an emerging model of learning across settings supported by digital media. Specifically, the instrument aims to measure the depth with which youth are able to engage in an interest-related pursuit, the level of support and encouragement they receive from peers, and the degree to which their pursuit involves performance or media production as an essential feature. The survey also elicits information regarding the connections between youthsâ interest-related pursuits and academic goals, the involvement of adults as co-participants in pursuits, and youthsâ access to technology tools they deem necessary for their pursuits. The paper reports on results from a pilot study and two field tests of these items, in which we evaluated the validity and reliability of the instrument and compared results with evidence from interviews with youth. Our aim was to investigate the feasibility of an approach to measuring youthsâ interest-related pursuits to inform future research and evaluation of initiatives focused on digital media and learning