A goal of the New Zealand Curriculum is to equip students with the skills needed to use science critically and responsibly as citizens. One method of achieving this is through the participation in citizen science. Measuring the learning outcomes of citizen science experiences therefore, is important to ensure that development of science learning and understanding is occurring while meeting the goals of the science research. Many smaller citizen science projects are not able to develop their own evaluations due to the time and cost required to do so. The DEVISE set of citizen science evaluation instruments present a potential solution to this. Here we used the “DEVISE Skills of Science Inquiry” to measure science skill growth in high school students after participation in the citizen science project Shark Spy. Shark Spy is a collaborative citizen science project were participants take part in each step of the scientific process (introduction, methods, analysis, results, discussion) in collecting information on coastal shark species. Using the Skills of Science Inquiry participants reported that they had developed a better understanding of using science skills to observe, gather, interpret and discuss information. Owing to the structure of the evaluation it is possible to analyse skill development at different difficulty levels, as well as highlight areas of weakness within a citizen science project.

新西兰课程的目标是为学生提供必要的技能，使其能够以批判性和负责任的态度使用科学作为公民。实现这一目标的一种方法是通过参与公民科学。因此，衡量公民科学经验的学习成果，对于确保在实现科学研究目标的同时确保科学学习和理解的发展至关重要。许多小型的公民科学项目由于需要时间和成本而无法进行自己的评估。DEVISE系列公民科学评估工具为此提供了一种潜在的解决方案。在这里，我们参加了公民科学项目Shark Spy之后，使用“ DEVISE科学查询技术”来衡量高中学生的科学技能增长。Shark Spy是一个公民公民科学合作项目，参与者参与了收集沿海鲨鱼物种信息的科学过程的每个步骤（简介，方法，分析，结果，讨论）。使用科学技能调查参与者说，他们对使用科学技能观察，收集，解释和讨论信息有了更好的理解。由于评估的结构，可以分析不同难度级别的技能发展，并突出显示公民科学项目中的薄弱环节。使用科学技能调查参与者说，他们对使用科学技能观察，收集，解释和讨论信息有了更好的理解。由于评估的结构，可以分析不同难度级别的技能发展，并突出显示公民科学项目中的薄弱环节。使用科学技能调查参与者说，他们对使用科学技能观察，收集，解释和讨论信息有了更好的理解。由于评估的结构，可以分析不同难度级别的技能发展，并突出显示公民科学项目中的薄弱环节。