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Recognizing that schools canāt boost STEM performance alone, policy makers and educators have called for āall hands on deckā to boost STEM achievement, ignite passions in science, and expose students...
DATE: March 1st, 2013
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Recently, the relationship between identity and learning has come front and center in discussions about how to design successful learning environments for youth who struggle in mainstream institutions. In this...
DATE: April 1st, 2009
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This article explores the particular challenges and opportunities for science centers in working on a relationship between the Western science paradigm and traditional knowledge systems. Included are key principles to...
DATE: November 29th, 2011
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The Thames Science Center collaborative with the resources of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Wesleyan University and the National Air and Space Museum will design and develop the project, "Shoot For...
DATES: August 1st, 1989 - June 30th, 1993
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In this article, David James Whitemyer, Director of Production at Christopher Chadbourne and Associates, examines the question of whether or not exhibit designers should "professionalize" (i.e. require degrees, licenses). Whitemyer...
DATE: January 1st, 2006
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In this article, Harris H. Shettel provides a critique of the 51% Solution, describing some of his concerns in detail. Shettel presents counterarguments to Beverly Serrell's support of the approach....
DATE: September 1st, 1995
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Across the globe, citizen science projects are becoming increasingly poised to address social and environmental challenges and answer broad scientific questions. Although rapidly increasing in number, these projects need easy-to-use...
DATES: November 1st, 2013 - October 31st, 2016
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To provide the general public with an understanding of the basic principles that underlie the transmission, storage, and retrieval of information, the Fleet Center proposes to build SIGNALS, a 4,500...
DATES: May 1st, 1992 - September 30th, 1998
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In this article, Marilyn G. Hood, of Hood Associates, discusses major issues in the field of museum audience research. Hood explains how much of her work has focused on two...
DATE: January 1st, 1991
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In this article, Darcy Fohrman, Principal of Darcie Fohrman Associates, summarizes the conversation at an AAM session, in which three young exhibition professionals (the "Young Bloods") and three experienced exhibition...
DATE: July 1st, 2006
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This article explores analogy as a communicative tool used by parents to relate children's past experiences to unfamiliar concepts. Two studies explored how similarity comparisons and relational analogies were used...
DATE: January 1st, 2006
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Temple University's "Sisters in Science in the Community (SISCOM)" is a constructivist-based, inclusive youth/community project targeting underrepresented urban middle and high school girls in grades 6-10 and their families; it...
DATES: August 1st, 2004 - February 29th, 2008
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Temple University's "Sisters in Science in the Community (SISCOM)" is a constructivist-based, inclusive youth/community project targeting underrepresented urban middle and high school girls in grades 6-10 and their families; it...
DATES: March 1st, 2004 - November 30th, 2004
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The goal of the SISCOM program is to improve science achievement of economically disadvantaged middle school students in science, through the development, implementation, and dissemination of a replicable, model program...
DATE: January 1st, 2008
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The purpose of this study was to investigate how situational interest of high school students was triggered during a field trip to an aquarium. Although the role of museums in...
DATE: March 1st, 2011
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The purpose of the study was to investigate how situational interest was triggered for high-school students on an aquarium field trip. Although actual learning was not itself measured in this...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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The Austin Children's Museum will develop Sixteen Candles: Growing Up from 0 - 16. a 1500 sq. ft. interactive traveling exhibition the topic of human development. Visitors will be given...
DATES: May 1st, 1998 - April 30th, 2001
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The Liberty Science Center, located across the Hudson River from the former World Trade Center, will develop, evaluate and install an 8,000 square foot, five-story permanent exhibition about the architectural...
DATES: September 10th, 2002 - August 31st, 2007
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The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) will use $286,915, or 67% of a $430,373 total project budget, over three years to develop "SkyTellers," a space science and astronomy resource for...
DATES: September 1st, 2002 - August 31st, 2006
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Recent advances in touch screen technology have increased the prevalence of touch screens and have prompted a wave of new touch screen-based devices. However, touch screens are still largely inaccessible...
DATE: May 7th, 2011
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Small Matters is a scientific storytelling project in response to a supplemental funding opportunity designed to pair an NSF Center for Chemical Innovation with an Informal Science Education organization. Meisa...
DATES: September 30th, 2012 - October 31st, 2014
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This guide to partnering with researchers and scientists is designed for the U.S. science museum community, and was produced by the Strategic Projects Group at the Museum of Science, Boston,...
DATE: January 1st, 2010
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Girls Inc. will develop a national model summer program for girls aged 12 to 16 to encourage their interest in science, their enrollment in science courses in high school, and...
DATES: May 1st, 1992 - October 31st, 1995
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The New York City Board of Education Community School District #18 requests $862,790 to design a Parent Involvement in Science, Mathematics, and Technology Program. The program is designed to stimulate...
DATES: August 1st, 1999 - September 30th, 2003
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This evaluation examines the Science Museum of Minnesota's (SMM) Science Live Theater (SLT) program's impact on members. The Science Live Theater Department was interested in understanding how the theatrical productions...
DATE: January 1st, 2009
