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A unique afterschool class in making comic strips and comic books, taught by a professional comic artist, encourages both literacy development and identity development in adolescent participants....
DATE: March 1st, 2005
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This paper reports on a study that employed metacognition and social cognition theoretical frameworks to explore and interpret students' views of their cognitive roles and the nature of the mechanisms...
DATE: May 1st, 2009
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In this article, Jacksonville State University's Stephen Bitgood outlines variables that influence social learning in museums. Bitgood identifies group variables, which include those that originate from the quality or number...
DATE: January 1st, 1993
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In this paper, Pat Sterry of the University of Salford (UK) discusses the potential of family group research and the need to establish a research program in a variety of...
DATE: January 1st, 1996
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This article reviews how group variables (social interactions) play a role in museum learning as well as how exhibit variables influence group learning. Exhibit developers are encouraged to incorporate these...
DATE: November 1st, 1996
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The intent of this project is to use social network methods to study networks of afterschool and informal science stakeholders. It would attempt to create knowledge that improves afterschool programs...
DATES: September 1st, 2009 - August 20th, 2009
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This paper will review literature on learning science in K-8 classrooms by asking and answering three major questions: Who learns science in classrooms? How is science learned in classrooms? What...
DATE: January 16th, 2006
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In this seminal paper from 2001, the researcher posits sociocultural perspectives as a useful theoretical and methodological lens for examining science education. The paper examines the types of questions that...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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Socioscientific issues bridge science and society. As such, they are open to multiple viewpoints and inherently associated with morality. This paper presents the findings from a year-long study designed to...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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In this article, we describe a preliminary study that integrates research on engineering design activities for K-12 students with work on microworlds as learning tools. Here, we extend these bodies...
DATE: January 1st, 2007
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This article is a review of the statistics program SigmaStat 2.03. It is an easy-to-use program, particularly useful for formative and remedial work where one may be doing a number...
DATE: May 1st, 1999
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The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago is producing a large format film that examines the sun and the relationship between the earth, its inhabitants, and our mother star....
DATES: March 1st, 1999 - February 28th, 2002
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In this article, contracts attorney Bruce A. Falk offers a practical guide to circumventing the legalities of soliciting content from third-parties (i.e. audience participation). Falk provides a brief history of...
DATE: July 1st, 2009
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This project is composed of a 1,500 square foot permanent, and traveling exhibit, and a schools program focused on problem- solving, targeted primarily for children in grades 5-8. The exhibit...
DATES: December 1st, 1996 - May 31st, 2001
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In this article, Donald Patterson and Stephen Bitgood outline principles of exhibit design, which describe the relationship between visitor behavior and the characteristics of the exhibit environment. These principles include...
DATE: January 1st, 1989
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In this article, Albert Ndayitwayeko, AFGRAD Fellow at the University of Florida, and John J. Koran, Jr., Professor and Curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History, analyze the informal...
DATE: January 1st, 1990
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In this brief outline, Jacksonville State University's Steve Bitgood identifies key questions and proposed answers related to exhibit design. Questions focus on the purpose, planning, management, timing, funding, criteria, measurement,...
DATE: January 1st, 1987
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This review takes a critical position with regards to Treagust and Duitās article, Conceptual Change: A discussion of theoretical methodological and practical challenges for science education. It is proposed that...
DATE: July 1st, 2008
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In this article, VSA President Harris Shettel examines some of the issues that are relevant to the continued growth and development of the field of visitor studies. Shettel presents these...
DATE: November 1st, 1993
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In this article, Harris Shettel, an evaluation consultant, discusses the politics of evaluation and how the recent use of visitor data to inform decision making at all levels qualifies as...
DATE: September 1st, 1996
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The American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS) will produce and test a pilot series of twelve 90-second features on science. Aimed at the 12- to 18-year old market, the...
DATES: July 10th, 1996 - February 28th, 1998
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Summative Evaluation of the Science on a Sphere exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. The evaluation looks at the effectiveness of two topics; Earth Systems and Comparative...
DATE: May 30th, 2014
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SOUNDPRINT, the weekly half-hour, nationally heard public radio documentary series proposes SOUNDPRINT EXPLORES SCIENCE, five programs that will make science more understandable and accessible to general audiences, with secondary use...
DATES: April 15th, 1991 - April 30th, 1993
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SOUNDPRINT, the weekly half-hour nationally broadcast public radio documentary series, proposes a 16-program SOUNDPRINT SCIENCE SERIES comprising four thematic components of four programs each, which explore and examine current issues...
DATES: March 15th, 1993 - August 31st, 1994
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The New England Aquarium (NEAq) will develop "Sounds of the Sea", a 2000 sq. ft. traveling exhibit that will provide visitors an opportunity to learn about the importance of sound...
DATES: July 1st, 1997 - June 30th, 2000
