Getting Inside Visitors’ Heads: Utilizing Intepretive Carts As A Mechanism For Analyzing Visitor Conversations

January 1st, 1995 | RESEARCH

In this paper, researchers from Science Learning, Inc. discuss findings from an evaluation study that used interpretive carts to analyze visitor conversations. Researchers collected data using the "Rock Talk" cart to inform the redesign of the Geology, Gems & Minerals Hall at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.

Document

VSA-a0a4k2-a_5730.pdf

Team Members

Lynn Dierking, Author, Science Learning, Inc.
Dana Holland, Author, Science Learning, Inc.

Citation

Identifier Type: ISSN
Identifier: 1064-5578

Publication: Visitor Studies
Volume: 7
Number: 1
Page(s): 19

Tags

Audience: Adults | Elementary School Children (6-10) | Evaluators | Families | General Public | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Education and learning science | Geoscience and geography
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article | Research Products
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits | Museum and Science Center Programs | Public Programs