Found 9357 results. Change search to: repository and web pages combined or website only.
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
Achiam presents a template for improving the exhibit design process to ensure that the visitor experience matches the designer’s intended learning outcomes. The template is based on praxeology—a model of...
DATE: January 1st, 2014
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
In this paper, researchers from the National Zoological Park discuss ways of incorporating visitors into exhibit development and the value visitors bring to the process, specifically during front-end evaluation. The...
DATE: January 1st, 1992
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
In this paper, researchers from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee discuss some of the advantages as well as challenges of self-directed learning environments such as museums. The authors discuss the methodology and...
DATE: January 1st, 1992
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
The Materials Research Society will develop "Materials MicroWorld." This will be a nationally traveling exhibition that promotes public understanding of basic scientific principles, issues, and trends in materials research. "Materials...
DATES: September 10th, 2000 - August 31st, 2005
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
This article overviews a study in which 31 mother-child pairs were observed in two different museum settings--traditional exhibits and family-oriented exhibits--and the mothers' behavior was recorded. Experimenters reported that mothers...
DATE: July 1st, 2007
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
In several primarily Hispanic, low socio-economic school districts of the southwest in partnership with local institutions of higher learning, this 48-month project will develop programs and materials to attract parents...
DATES: July 1st, 1999 - December 31st, 2005
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
Negative attitudes toward math, characterized in part by dislike of, disinterest in, and low self-confidence in math, are so pervasive in the United States as to have become socially acceptable....
DATE: January 1st, 2014
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
The Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM) is collaborating with the Museum of Science in Boston (MoS), the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science in Durham (NCMLS), Explora in Albuquerque,...
DATES: September 1st, 2009 - August 31st, 2014
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
Math in the Garden is a collaborative project between the University of California's Botanic Garden and 17 organizations around the nation that work with underserved urban youth, as well as...
DATES: February 1st, 2000 - January 31st, 2006
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
With support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Mathematics in Zoos and Aquariums project worked with zoo and aquarium staff members to integrate mathematical concepts into the...
DATE: July 27th, 2012
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
This project is a funded as a component of the joint NSF/DoE Public Understanding and Engagement Initiative for middle grade mathematics. NCTM, Widmeyer-Baker and NACME are partnering to launch and...
DATES: November 1st, 1998 - October 31st, 2002
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
The National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) is implementing a new, 41-month phase and augmentation of a national public service advertising campaign that was launched in 1995. The...
DATES: June 1st, 1998 - May 31st, 2002
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
This project will develop an interactive application for spherical displays developed by NOAA called Science on a Sphere. The spheres are animated globes that can show dynamic, animated images of...
DATES: November 1st, 2011 - October 31st, 2013
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
Poster on NSF grant DRL-1114388 (""Math on a Sphere: An Interactive Exploration of 3D Surfaces for Public Audiences"") from the 2012 ISE PI Meeting....
DATE: March 15th, 2012
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
"Math Packs for Families" is a three-year project which will enable a broad spectrum of parents throughout the country to do interesting, fun, and enriching mathematical activities with their children...
DATES: July 1st, 1999 - June 30th, 2004
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
Community Television of Southern California (KCET/Los Angeles) proposes to create a national television series supported by outreach activities designed to motivate parents to participate in and support children's learning and...
DATES: October 10th, 1992 - December 31st, 1995
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
The project is based upon the established Math, Science, and Beyond (MSB) program which consists of a series of evening family science workshops (with curriculum materials developed for classroom settings)...
DATES: September 1st, 1996 - August 31st, 2001
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
The Franklin Institute Science Museum, a major American Science Center serving more than 700,000 individuals annually, proposes to create a 3,700 square foot permanent exhibition that will promote public interest...
DATES: February 1st, 1987 - January 31st, 1990
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
The Association for Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) will gather data and develop a report to the field on mathematics activities in science museums. The purpose of the Small Grant for Exploratory...
DATES: September 15th, 1999 - May 31st, 2001
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
There is growing understanding that learning develops across time and settings. This paper describes a particular case in which a fourth grade boy’s mathematics learning is shaped by experiences both...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
Digital image processing offers several possible new approaches to the teaching of a variety of mathematical concepts at the middle-school and high-school levels. There is reason to believe that this...
DATES: June 15th, 1992 - May 31st, 1997
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
The Science Center of Connecticut will develop, evaluate, and install 57 mathematical exhibit activities in its new 160,000 sq. ft. exhibit facility. These activities will engage visitors in learning how...
DATES: September 1st, 1994 - August 31st, 1998
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
In this article, the authors argue that a museum's "impact" needs to be defined in a multi-dimensional way....
DATE: April 2nd, 2007
REPOSITORY | EVALUATION
In 2007, the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, California, in collaboration with LodeStar Astronomy Center, and the Institute for Learning Innovation received a grant from the National Science...
DATE: June 1st, 2010
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
The Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, CA is forming and leading a national collaboration producing Maya Skies, a full-dome digital planetarium theater project with several deliverables: a 25-minute...
DATES: February 15th, 2007 - July 31st, 2010
