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This study examined the verbal prompts a tutor used to promote reflection and young students' responses to these prompts. Seven children (ages 8-12) participated in 260 min of one-on-one tutoring...
DATE: January 1st, 2012
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This is the opening talk of the session titled "Community Building for Citizen Science," delivered on day three of the Citizen Science Toolkit Conference at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology...
DATE: June 20th, 2007
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The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) will develop Engineer It! Dissemination of a Successful Multiple Outcome Exhibition. This will be a 5000 sq. ft. traveling exhibit based on...
DATES: August 15th, 1998 - July 31st, 2001
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In an effort to prepare female high school students for a college curriculum and achieve gender parity in the engineering industry, WGBH has developed an initiative entitled, Engineer Your Life...
DATE: January 1st, 2010
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Engineering Adventures (EA) is a free, hands-on, project-based engineering curriculum designed for out-of-school time (OST) programs serving children in grades 3 to 5. The EA curriculum was developed by Engineering...
DATES: October 1st, 2011 - October 1st, 2011
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The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) is a progressive science and technology center. Its philosophy toward science education is to make it enticing, enjoyable and motivating. It accomplishes...
DATES: September 1st, 1990 - August 31st, 1995
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Engineering for Space Exploration will comprise three major sections of Journey to Space, a 12,000 square foot traveling exhibition about crewed space exploration for families and adults that will travel...
DATES: January 8th, 2014 - January 7th, 2017
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Engineering MISSION: Engineering for Middle School Science, Inspiration and Opportunity is a project that introduces the engineering design process and the field of engineering to upper elementary and middle school...
DATES: June 28th, 2012 - November 30th, 2014
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Many of the biggest problems facing the United States and the world require engineering expertise to solve: climate change, feeding a growing population, energy independence, access to clean water, crumbling...
DATE: June 11th, 2013
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English Language Learners (ELLs), a diverse group of individuals from across the world who are learning English for the first time, make up the fastest growing segment of the student...
DATE: January 1st, 2011
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Out-of-school time (OST) programs can benefit the growing population of English learners in U.S. public schools by giving them the gift of time in which to learn both English and...
DATE: October 1st, 2011
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The Biodiversity Project is requesting funds to plan a national conference on the topic of global biodiversity. The goal of the conference is to build an education agenda for biodiversity...
DATES: January 15th, 2003 - December 31st, 2003
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During this session at the 2013 Visitor Studies Association Annual Conference the authors discussed our preliminary framework for addressing the question of how to evaluate an evaluation. The three-part framework—(1)...
DATE: July 17th, 2013
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This paper discusses the "Gallery Enhancement" project completed between 1988-1989 at the Art Gallery of Ontario. A summary of the project includes: the general modifications to the installation, the "collaborative"...
DATE: January 1st, 1991
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Citizen involvement in science is part of a long history of the role of the amateur in science. Research in the USA and UK suggests that citizen science has a...
DATES: January 1st, 2015 - January 1st, 2015
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The broad purpose of this project is to contribute to capacity-building efforts—to strengthen the evaluation of programs and learning experiences in informal science education (ISE). We focus on improving the...
DATES: January 1st, 2015 - June 30th, 2016
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This paper discusses ways in which museum learning can be enhanced through social interactions. The visitor social agenda and the role of social interaction in learning are first defined and...
DATE: January 1st, 1993
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This award will support two years of work to plan and implement a national conference of approximately 30 participants representing the major research-based natural history museums in America to consider...
DATES: July 1st, 2002 - June 30th, 2005
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Afterschool staff need to be able to supervise young participants so they can engage safely in a variety of activities. Afterschool programs should create a strong procedural plan to protect...
DATE: March 1st, 2010
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This paper describes findings from a study intended to improve the Confrontation Gallery at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. This remedial evaluation involved placing written text on the plexiglass photo...
DATE: January 1st, 1995
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ISE educators who provide guided tours at museums and similar institutions will be interested in this paper as it addresses how informal educators can assess a visitor's ""entrance narrative,"" or...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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John Falk and Lynn Dierking tackle the challenge of helping museums become better at the learning process for visitors. As they put it, "[d]igital media, well designed and wisely used,...
DATE: May 24th, 2008
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This paper analyzes the effectiveness of real people (actors) as communicators of messages in museums. It includes findings from an evaluation of professional actors, who assume the roles of fictitious...
DATE: January 1st, 1994
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This MSP-Start Partnership, led by Widener University, in partnership with Bryn Mawr College, Delaware County Community College, Philadelphia University, Lincoln University, and Haverford Township School District, is developing the Greater...
DATES: October 1st, 2008 - September 30th, 2012
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In this article, researchers report on the ways that middle school students positioned themselves as agents of change in their community by using the results of their research into local...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
