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Parent Partners in School Science (PPSS) is a partnership project between The Franklin Institute and the Philadelphia School District. This is a three and one-half year program which will provide...
DATES: January 10th, 2001 - March 31st, 2007
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In 2001, The Franklin Institute Science Museum (TFI) received funding from the National Science Foundation to develop and implement Parent Partners in School Science (PPSS). A year project, PPSS was...
DATE: June 1st, 2007
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The theory of evolution by natural selection has revolutionized the biological sciences yet remains confusing and controversial to the public at large. This study explored how a particular segment of...
DATE: October 1st, 2012
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The Louisville Science Center and the National Center for Family Literacy will engage in a year's planning to introduce the Parent- Child Interaction Project to teams of educators in six...
DATES: May 1st, 1997 - April 30th, 1998
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This researcher analyzed parent-child attention-directing interactions observed in a museum. The questions addressed were as follows: Do certain exhibit types elicit more attentional behaviors than others? Do frequencies of attentional...
DATE: January 1st, 1987
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This study looks at how characteristics of parent-child dyads, in combination with exhibit qualities, contribute to their interactions in a science center. Parent schooling, parent and child attitudes toward science,...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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This longitudinal research used a sociocultural perspective to examine planning competence in the everyday experiences of European American and Latino children from 7 to 9 years of age. Data on...
DATE: March 1st, 2005
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The project includes a simulation based Family Learning Program to be administered through the International Challenger Learning Center (CLC) network. The goal is to develop families' skills in learning as...
DATES: June 1st, 1998 - September 30th, 2000
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The project includes a simulation based Family Learning Program to be administered through the International Challenger Learning Center (CLC) network. The goal is to develop families' skills in learning as...
DATES: April 1st, 2000 - February 28th, 2002
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This paper presents research on parent support of the development of new media skills and technological fluency. Parents' roles in their children's learning were identified based on interviews with eight...
DATE: January 1st, 2009
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The Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance is conducting a 12-month planning project in preparation for a Parental Involvement project. The planning activities include conducting a needs assessment, reviewing literature, refining...
DATES: May 15th, 1997 - August 31st, 1998
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The Delta Research and Education Foundation and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) request $50,000 to plan a project titled: Parents as Partners in Science, Mathematics and...
DATES: September 15th, 1999 - August 31st, 2000
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Young children's everyday scientific thinking often occurs in the context of parent-child interactions. In a study of naturally occurring family conversation, parents were three times more likely to explain science...
DATE: May 3rd, 2001
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The Parents Involved/Pigeons Everywhere (PIPE) project is a collaboration between KCTE-Community Television of Southern California, The American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. They...
DATES: June 30th, 2001 - December 31st, 2003
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The Parents Involved/Pigeons Everywhere (PIPE) project is a collaboration between KCTE-Community Television of Southern California, The American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. They...
DATES: July 10th, 1998 - February 28th, 2002
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Research suggests that parents are effective at scaffolding their children's learning to help them become self-regulated problem solvers. Yet little is known about parents' effectiveness at assisting their children with...
DATE: January 1st, 1999
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In this paper, Minda Borun of the Franklin Institute Science Museum responds to questions raised by Harris Shettel during the opening session at the 1991 Visitor Studies Conference. Borun explains...
DATE: January 1st, 1992
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In this article, Ross J. Loomis of Colorado State University discusses the significance of the Visitor Studies Conference in Ottawa as well as the regular presentations on visitor research at...
DATE: January 1st, 1992
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This article examines youth experience and engagement in a community service afterschool program viewed as a relational experience, with experiences and engagement being a product of activity, advisors and influence...
DATE: October 1st, 2013
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Dabney and colleagues examine the relationship between university studentsā reported interest in STEM careers and their participation in out-of-school time science activities during middle and high school. The researchers examined...
DATE: January 1st, 2014
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Young peopleās participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is a matter of international concern. Studies and careers that require physical sciences and advanced mathematics are most affected by...
DATE: March 16th, 2011
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The purpose of this study was to investigate how two female students participated in science practices as they worked in a multimedia case-based environment: interpreting simulated results, reading and writing...
DATE: October 1st, 2010
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Attention to the differing developmental needs of adolescentsānot only between middle school and high school but even among older and younger youth in each bracketāis the key to retention in...
DATE: October 1st, 2010
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One way to ensure that an evaluation has "utility" is to use a participatory evaluation approach where the evaluator partners with primary users to carry out various phases of an...
DATE: October 13th, 2009
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Institute of Museum and Library Servicesārecognizing an opportunity to leverage our shared public service missionsā joined forces on a leadership initiative to help...
DATE: June 1st, 2009
