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Why do people go to museums and what do they learn there? What roles can museums serve in a learning community? How can museums facilitate more effective learning experiences? John...
DATE: May 30th, 2000
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The "Bridges to Understanding Children's Museums" publication is a seven-chapter research report of the field of children's museums. This excerpt from chapter 5 includes a policy study highlighting some of...
DATE: September 1st, 2000
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This article examines afterschool science in light of the National Research Council’s comprehensive synthesis report on promoting science learning in informal environments (NRC, 2009). We present the results of our...
DATE: October 1st, 2013
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This paper is the first report on an extensive ethnographic study of two professional schools of art and design in the United States. The overall purpose of the study is...
DATE: January 1st, 2012
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The study aims to characterize contextual learning during class visits to science and natural history museums. Based on previous studies, we assumed that “outdoor” learning is different from classroom-based learning,...
DATE: January 1st, 2007
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The Houston Museum of Natural Science, in collaboration with Rice University has an outreach program taking portable digital theaters to schools and community sites for over five years and has...
DATE: December 1st, 2008
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Learning In and Out of School in Diverse Environments is the product of a two-year project during which a panel convened by the LIFE Center (an NSF Science of Learning...
DATE: January 1st, 2007
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The authors present an exploratory study of Black middle school boys who play digital games. The study was conducted through observations and interviews with Black American middle school boys about...
DATE: April 1st, 2008
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This report is intended to provide guidance for policy-makers on the use of digital technologies to support learning in families. It draws on a research project conducted by Futurelab and...
DATE: March 1st, 2009
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"Computer-mediated communication" refers to communication between people that occurs through the medium of the computer, and includes email, instant messages, chat rooms, newsgroups, and blogs. Learning sciences researchers have made...
DATE: January 1st, 2006
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The article discusses a program to make Latino parents feel more welcome to bring their children and families to a natural history museum. The participating institution created a number of...
DATE: May 1st, 2006
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This article highlights some of the diverse ways that different types of museums use place-based education to further their missions and benefit their audiences. Authors include Janet Petitpas, Assistant Director...
DATE: July 1st, 2005
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Funded jointly by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the MacArthur Foundation, in partnership with the and Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) and Urban Libraries Council (ULC),...
DATES: April 1st, 2011 - April 30th, 2014
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Twenty-four Learning Labs in libraries and museums across the country are engaging America’s youth in learning settings where they gain skills and following their passions. A new publication, Learning Labs...
DATE: October 31st, 2014
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Considerable research has compared how students learn science from computer simulations with how they learn from "traditional" classes. Little research has compared how students learn science from computer simulations with...
DATE: January 1st, 2006
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This paper reports on the findings of a case study that investigated the interaction of the agendas and practices of students, teachers, and zoo educators during a class field trip...
DATE: January 1st, 2010
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It may have been true once that (as the famous cartoon of the 1990s put it) "Nobody knows you're a dog on the Internet," and that (as an MCI commercial...
DATE: January 1st, 2008
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The article discusses how a visit to a science museum illustrates the concept of informal learning in science education. The author describes a visit to a museum with science educator...
DATE: May 1st, 2008
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Science education reform documents call for science to be taught in the manner that students learn best, by conducting hands-on, engaging investigations using simple everyday materials. Often overlooked in the...
DATE: March 1st, 1997
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This article provides an overview of current understandings of the science learning that occurs as a consequence of visiting a free-choice learning setting like a science museum. The best available...
DATE: May 24th, 2005
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Educational researchers, scholars, theoreticians, and practitioners define, interpret, and study out-of school science education in various ways. Some use the term informal, while others prefer free-choice, outdoor education, everyday learning...
DATE: January 27th, 2014
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Learning Science in Informal Environments draws together disparate literatures, synthesizes the state of knowledge, and articulates a common framework for the next generation of research on learning science in informal...
DATE: January 1st, 2009
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This book reviews the available research on learning science through interaction with digital simulations and games. It considers the potential of digital games and simulations to contribute to learning science...
DATE: January 1st, 2011
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In every drop of water, down at the scale of atoms and molecules, there is a world that can fascinate anyone - ranging from a non-verbal young science student to...
DATES: July 15th, 1992 - June 30th, 1997
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The National Research Council, through its Board on Science Education, will carry out a synthesis study of informal science learning based on a workshop funded by a prior NSF planning...
DATES: October 15th, 2005 - September 30th, 2009
