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This article provides firm evidence, for formal and informal educators alike, that shared learning can be powerful and meaningful, if carefully considered. Findings from a study conducted in a summer...
DATE: January 1st, 2011
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Each year over 120,000 Tasmanians go fishing at least once. Imagine...120,000 potential scientists collecting valuable data about the marine environment! We did. Welcome to Redmap! We invite the community to...
DATES: January 1st, 2009 - January 1st, 2009
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The notion that science is unified in one way or another dates back at least to Aristotle, though unity claims since then have been diverse and va riously motivated. By...
DATE: January 1st, 2007
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This is a bibliography for a glossary of key terms related to the field of visitor studies and evaluation. The glossary can be found on page 8 of the same...
DATE: January 1st, 1988
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This paper reports on a study examining the reflections of 37 scientists and engineers regarding significant experiences in childhood that may have influenced their career choices. Commonalities across the responses...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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In this paper I focus on the transition from everyday to scientific ways of reasoning, and on the intertwined roles of meaning-making dialogue and science content as they contribute to...
DATE: January 1st, 2004
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The value of science literacy is often taken for granted on the grounds that some understanding of science is useful for all students, not just those who will become scientists....
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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In this Communicating Research to Public Audiences (CRPA) project, the University of Missouri is collaborating with the St. Louis Science Center on the development and implementation of exhibits and programs...
DATES: October 1st, 2008 - September 30th, 2010
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In recent years, many technological interventions have surfaced, such as virtual worlds, games, and digital labs, that aspire to link young people's interest in media technology and social networks to...
DATE: April 1st, 2011
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Research shows that the main motivation of people who come to zoos is to have quality time with their families. At the Cincinnati Zoo, we have placed a strategic focus...
DATES: October 1st, 2011 - September 30th, 2013
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This paper’s findings illustrate the claim that young people’s prior knowledge cannot be separated from the cultural context in which it is situated. Using examples from a longitudinal ethnographic study...
DATE: January 1st, 2014
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This EAGER grant supported initial exploratory work on the utility and feasibility of providing informal science education (ISE) educators with access to current and relevant peer-reviewed research findings. The investigators...
DATES: August 15th, 2010 - July 31st, 2012
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In this paper, Marilyn G. Hood, Ph.D., of Hood Associates, examines the issue of how adults' leisure choices are influenced by their socialization during childhood. Hood describes the methodology she...
DATE: January 1st, 1996
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This is a brief summary of Edward S. Robinson's 1928 AAM Monograph "The Behavior of the Museum Visitor." Robinson highlights the importance of object size, positioning, and density for determining...
DATE: January 1st, 1988
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Assesses children's interest in, attitude towards, and experiences in science and technology, as well as their opinion about environmental challenges and career aspirations....
DATE: November 7th, 2008
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ExhibitFiles is an online community for exhibit practitioners developed by the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The website provides an infrastructure for...
DATE: October 27th, 2010
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Bio Med Tech: Engineering for Your Health was a 2,750 square foot exhibition at the Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC) that dealt with issues related to biomedical technology. Partially funded...
DATE: October 1st, 2008
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Sugar from the Sun was managed by the Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance (GPCA) and funded, in part, by the National Science Foundation. For this project, a 6,400 square foot living...
DATE: September 1st, 2008
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Through the proposed project, approximately 555,000 youth and adults will improve their knowledge of the basic sciences and mathematics, and learn to integrate and apply these disciplines, by analyzing local...
DATES: June 1st, 1992 - November 30th, 1996
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The purpose of the NSF grant is to support the production of "the Scientist:, an hour-long film in a six-part television series entitled RENAISSANCE. Designed to appeal to non- specialists...
DATES: April 1st, 1992 - September 30th, 1993
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In this article, Emily O'Hara, education associate and marking assistant, and Beth Krusi, director of marketing and communications, both at the Montshire Museum of Science (Norwich, Vermont), share their perspective...
DATE: April 13th, 2010
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In this report, Minda Borun summarizes the activities of the business meeting of the Education Committee, which took place at the 1988 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Museums...
DATE: January 1st, 1988
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The purposes of the STUDIO 3D evaluation were to collect information about the impact upon student learning as a result of participating in the STUDIO 3D Project, as well as...
DATE: November 1st, 2003
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Horizon Research, Inc. has recently completed the fifth in a series of national surveys funded by the National Science Foundation. The most recent survey “was designed to provide up-to-date information...
DATE: March 1st, 2013
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This article presents excerpts from reports written by visitor research professionals in Canada, Finland, Italy and Norway. These brief summaries describe visitor studies projects at various institutions in these countries....
DATE: January 1st, 2000
