conference :: Sanford, C. (2009, April). Family knowledge building: How designed learning environments can support conversations around complex topics like manufacturing. Poster session presented at Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Designed learning environments like museums have the potential to change the way that families think and talk about scientific topics together in everyday contexts like the home. The current study examines the affect of a visit to a museum exhibit highlighting the processes of manufacturing on the ability of parents and children to talk about h...

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