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This article discusses museums and their role in facilitating public learning. It explores assessment to document the impact of museum learning....
DATE: May 1st, 1999
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It has long been recognized, but rarely publicly acknowledged, that most people learn much if not most of what they know outside of the formal education system. As Patricia Albjerg...
DATE: June 1st, 1999
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In this paper, Robert F. Kelly of the University of British Columbia presents a set of generalizations on visitor satisfaction based participation in two dozen empirical studies of museum visitors...
DATE: January 1st, 1992
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This paper addresses the role of museums in education in science and technology through the discussion of a specific project entitled EST "Educate in Science and Technology". The Project puts...
DATE: June 1st, 2007
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Focusing on where people find information about issues relevant to civic society, the author of this paper concludes that, in contrast to the Internet and related information technologies, informal science...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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The article discusses the efforts of U.S. science museums to act as resources for science teachers in states that have adopted the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Topics discussed include...
DATE: April 16th, 2014
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This paper is an introduction to the special issue of "Visitor Studies Today" dedicated to museum accessibility for persons with disabilities by guest editor Christine Reich, Senior Research/Evaluation Associate at...
DATE: September 1st, 2004
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In this interview, Douglas Worts, educator/evaluator at the Art Gallery of Ontario and Associate of LEAD-Canada, discusses sustainable development within the museum community in Canada as well as efforts led...
DATE: May 1st, 1998
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This article discusses research conducted among families and museum visitors in the Midwest from 1996-1998. The study found that women, more often than men, initiate family museum visits and that...
DATE: September 1st, 1999
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Given the rapid changes that 21st century museums must manage, flexible thinking about leadership forms and purposes is needed. Today's complex leadership landscape necessitates that staff engage in enacting leadership...
DATE: October 8th, 2012
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This report is the result of a task force convened between 2008 and 2009 by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to identify the new contexts facing libraries...
DATE: July 1st, 2009
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In this article, Peter Kuttner FAIA, President of Cambridge Seven Associates, Architects and Exhibit Designers and Director of the American Institute of Architects, argues that museums have a unique responsibility...
DATE: January 1st, 2009
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This article is a report on three meta-analyses investigating the relationship between musics and mathematics....
DATE: September 1st, 2000
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In this paper, Robert C. Webb, of Suffolk University, presents literature related to much-debated topic about using music in an exhibit. In particular, Webb discusses four topics of interest to...
DATE: January 1st, 1996
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In the American educational climate of today, "basic" academic skills are valued while the arts are considered a frill. Many major urban school districts have cut back on arts education...
DATE: September 1st, 2000
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In this paper we describe the particularities of Latin American museum visitors as learners through an exploratory study that took place at Universum, Museo de las Ciencias, a science museum...
DATE: April 4th, 2012
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This planning grant project addresses the problem that individuals and communities in rural areas do not have access to typical informal science education venues that help the public better understand...
DATES: September 1st, 2009 - August 31st, 2012
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In August 2009, the Program Evaluation and Research Group (PERG) at Lesley University contracted with the project's PI at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) to evaluate My Dome: Defining...
DATE: November 1st, 2012
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MY NASA DATA attempts to make NASA satellite data about the Earth available in a form that is accessible to the public through a standard web browser. For citizen scientists,...
DATES: January 1st, 2004 - January 1st, 2004
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This is a summative evaluation of four exhibit areas: Tot Spot, Outdoor Tot Spot, Lookout Cove and Wave Workshop. All sections were developed with a grant from the National Science...
DATE: April 1st, 2005
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The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) and its collaborators are conducting a set of research and development activities focusing on early childhood astronomy in the first field-wide effort to...
DATES: October 1st, 2012 - September 30th, 2017
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The "Mentored Youth Building Employable Skills in Technology (MyBEST)" project, a collaboration of the Youth Science Center (YSC) and Learning Technology Center (LTC) at the Science Museum of Minnesota, is...
DATES: September 1st, 2003 - August 31st, 2007
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In 2011, the Space Science Institute (SSI) engaged Insight Evaluation Services (IES) to conduct a summative evaluation of an online, multi-user space science game called MyStar. The game, which was...
DATE: July 1st, 2011
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Through an iterative design process involving museum educators, learning scientists and technologists, and drawing upon our previous experiences in handheld game design and a growing body of knowledge on learning...
DATE: January 1st, 2005
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This report summarizes the processes and findings of a two-year, multimethod evaluation of the Museum of Science & Industry's Mystery at the Museum program. The evaluation's purpose was to assess...
DATE: February 1st, 1996
