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Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) brings together three universities with unique strengths in nanoscience and nanomanufacturing: the University of Massachusetts, Lowell (UML);...
DATE: December 15th, 2009
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Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) brings together three universities with unique strengths in nanoscience and nanomanufacturing: the University of Massachusetts, Lowell (UML);...
DATE: December 31st, 2010
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The Museum of Science partnered with the Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing to create a sequence of professional development experiences in science communication and hands-on learning for graduate students and post-docs....
DATE: July 15th, 2010
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The Center for Informal Learning and Schools (CILS) is a five-year collaborative effort between the Exploratorium in San Francisco, the University of California at Santa Cruz, and King's College London....
DATES: January 1st, 2002 - June 30th, 2012
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WGBH will develop, produce, and distribute a comprehensive project that will review science of the twentieth century. The major components of the project will be a series of five, two-hour,...
DATES: June 1st, 1994 - July 31st, 1998
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The Challenger Reach 2 U program will reach over 6,500 fourth-grade students in 261 missions from underserved communities throughout southwest Colorado and northwestern New Mexico, including primarily rural, lower socio-economic...
DATES: March 1st, 2010 - May 31st, 2014
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This PDF includes a synthesis of presentations and discussions that took place at the Engaging and Learning for Conservation Workshop on Public Participation in Scientific Research, held at the American...
DATE: April 7th, 2011
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In this study, the researchers investigated opportunities and challenges English language learners (ELLs) faced while learning the scientific practices of argumentation and communication of findings (NGSS practices 7 and 8;...
DATE: January 1st, 2014
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This paper was prepared for the symposium, "Learning Science in Out-of-School Time: Research Directions," presented at the 2011 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans. The authors...
DATE: April 8th, 2011
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This study investigates specific challenges that students of color have in developing a personal identity related to science. The researchers examined how experiences in graduate school programs shaped the emergent...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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Educators in informal settings can be a key part of the learning experience, yet they are often poorly supported as professionals. This study followed the professional development of museum educators...
DATE: January 1st, 2014
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The tool was developed to measure: (a) change of science-related attitudes over time among students; and (b) the effect of similar curricula on the attitudes of different classes....
DATE: October 22nd, 2003
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Citizen science projects provide non-scientists with opportunities to take part in scientific research. While their contribution to scientific data collection has been well documented, there is limited research on how...
DATE: June 13th, 2013
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The Science Museum of Minnesota surveyed 30 museum visitors after they used the Changing Colors exhibit. This formative testing of the exhibit assessed its ability to teach about nanoscale structures...
DATE: October 1st, 2008
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This paper discusses three case studies â an exhibition on biodiversity, a hotel water conservation program, and a partnership between a nature center and urban public schools â to establish...
DATE: July 1st, 2005
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This paper begins with a consideration of some important themes dealt with in the paper by Treagust and Duit. These include the relationship between research on conceptual change and educational...
DATE: July 1st, 2008
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The main goal of this chapter is to describe how research findings on a scaffolded, focused, reflection-oriented community of practice transformed museum educatorsâ identities as educators. A second goal is...
DATE: September 1st, 2012
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In this article, Linda Norris, Managing Partner of Riverhill, recalls her experience as a teaching Fulbright Scholar in Ukraine. Norris focused on professional development in museums through workshops and direct...
DATE: July 1st, 2010
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In this article, John Chadwick, web administrator and distance learning coordinator for the Office of Cultural Affairs in Santa Fe, discusses research methodology and findings related studies investigating to who...
DATE: September 1st, 1998
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This is a section from Walter Jones's paper on exhibit development procedures he produced in 1987 as Director of the Somerset County Park Commission's Environmental Educational Center in New Jersey....
DATE: May 1st, 1987
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This paper is based on presentation given at a participatory session at the Visitor Studies Conference with the aim of creating a descriptive list of the qualities and conditions that...
DATE: January 1st, 1993
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In this article, Jacksonville State University's Amy Cota summarizes a 1984 "British Journal of Psychology" article written by M.B. Alt and K.M. Shaw, in which the authors attempt to classify...
DATE: December 1st, 1994
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In this article, Maria Piacente, Principal at Exhibition Studio for LORD Cultural Resources, draws on experience in Asia and Continental Europe to reveal that audience development and visitor research is...
DATE: July 1st, 2004
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This article is intended to spark a discussion between two research communitiesâscholars who study learning and scholars who study educational organizations. A secondary purpose is to encourage researchers to look...
DATE: March 1st, 2008
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In this article, Pete Conroy of the Anniston Museum of Natural History analyzes how "cheap thrills" can be the most effective ways to capture visitors' attentions, after which educational messages...
DATE: January 1st, 1989
