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The exhibition Innovation Showcase focused on energy-related innovation and individual action. As part of a larger project, Innovations in Energy, the central visitor-focused question for this exhibition was: "To what...
DATE: March 1st, 2012
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The Tech Museum of Innovation developed a prototype of "Innovation," a proposed permanent 8,000 sq. ft. exhibit, which will be one of four major exhibit theme areas and will incorporate...
DATES: September 1st, 1995 - July 31st, 1997
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The Tech Museum of Innovation will fabricate, install, and evaluate a 6,800 square foot exhibition. Through approximately 66 interactive exhibit experiences, visitors will discover how basic science is applied in...
DATES: September 1st, 1997 - August 31st, 2000
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This project will bring STEM content knowledge to visitors to Cuyahoga Valley National Park via mobile device applications. Visitors will be able to use their mobile phones to access details...
DATES: September 1st, 2014 - August 31st, 2017
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Following on the outcomes of an NSF-funded conference to this project's principal investigator, a team of educators, scientists, and communication experts from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, University of Massachusetts...
DATES: October 1st, 2012 - July 9th, 2014
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The NSF/IES Common Guidelines for Education Research and Development suggest that external feedback is appropriate for each of the different types of research described. What exactly does that mean? How...
DATE: September 19th, 2014
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This comprehensive ITEST project would provide sixty middle and high school teachers with an introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) technologies. The project, which brings...
DATES: September 10th, 2004 - August 31st, 2009
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Presentation on NSF grant DRL-0813455 (""Inquiry in the Community: Building Science Capacity in Volunteer Leaders"") presented at the CAISE Convening on Professional Development and Informal Science Education, February 2nd, 2012....
DATE: February 2nd, 2012
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Girl Scouts of Western Washington and Seattle University have collaborated to develop an innovative model for science learning in youth programs. By embedding training and support on science inquiry facilitation...
DATES: September 1st, 2008 - August 31st, 2013
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Poster on NSF grant DRL-0813455 (""Inquiry in the Community: Building Science Capacity in Volunteer Leaders"") from the 2012 ISE PI Meeting....
DATE: March 15th, 2012
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The Fresno Metropolitan Museum (FFM) contracted with Wendy Meluch of Visitor Studies Services to design and conduct an evaluation of its Inquiry Workshop (workshop) which took place in April of...
DATE: June 1st, 2005
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This study investigates the relationship between science learning, science learning identities, and student agency. To support the development of science learning identities, the authors argue for the need to provide...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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This report is the result of work undertaken by Ecsite-uk, The UK network of science & discovery centres and museums, to demonstrate the impact of Science & Discovery Centres, to...
DATE: October 1st, 2008
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The mission of the Monterey Bay Aquarium is to inspire conservation of the oceans. From 2006 to 2008, Aquarium staff members and consultants conducted a series of qualitative and quantitative...
DATE: January 1st, 2012
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In supporting education research from early childhood learning to doctoral work and beyond, EHR stimulates evidence-based innovation in teaching, instructional tools, curricula and programs. NSF-funded work in these areas has...
DATE: September 1st, 2013
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This article offers new research to the discussion about the role of museums in the context of changing society. The authors hoped to add to the community discourse by sharing...
DATE: July 1st, 2007
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This paper outlines the front-end evaluation that researchers and staff conducted to design the Biodome de Montreal, a living museum of nature. It includes a discussion of the evaluation objectives,...
DATE: January 1st, 1992
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Presentation from the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies at the CAISE Convening on Sustainability Science and Informal Science Education, February 6th, 2012....
DATE: February 6th, 2012
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In this article, Marilyn G. Hood of Hood Associates discusses situations that affect and inhibit the institutional acceptance of audience research, including both the concept and findings from research projects....
DATE: September 1st, 1996
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In this article, Stephen Bitgood of Jacksonville State University provides a review and overview of how institutions accept and implement visitor evaluation findings. Bitgood presents a brief review of literature...
DATE: May 1st, 1996
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In this article, Kathleen Socolofsky of the Desert Botanical Gardens discusses the history of the institution, highlighting shifts in its mission and exhibit strategies. In particular, Socolofsky outlines the steps...
DATE: May 1st, 1996
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This study examines the historical conditions that fostered significant reform in science education. To understand these conditions, we employ a framework drawn from the new institutionalism in organization theory to...
DATE: March 1st, 2009
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In this article, Jeff Hayward discusses the work of his evaluation group, People, Places & Design Research, in conducting visitor research at the New York Botanical Garden in the fall...
DATE: January 1st, 1993
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Interactive science centers are unique players in the science education community, but their positioning as both authorities on science and providers of "free choice" learning presents learning researchers with a...
DATE: January 1st, 2009
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Can reading skills be enhanced by instruction in the visual arts? Arts education researchers have sometimes made this claim and have argued that the visual arts can play a strong...
DATE: October 1st, 2000
