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This article presents a contextual model of learning that examines visitor learning in museums. It explores features of the model, factors that can influence learning in a museum setting, and...
DATE: February 1st, 2003
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Do teachersā emotions about climate change affect their approach to instruction? Researchers examined the relationships among teachersā emotions about climate change, their perceptions of the plausibility of the findings of...
DATE: January 1st, 2014
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This paper discusses the programs, specifically field trip programs, for young children at art museums. The author explains how programs can teach the aesthetics of art (looking, distinguishing, loving) to...
DATE: January 1st, 1990
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This thesis adds to the empirical research foundation of informal science education through an investigation of a museum-based astronomy internship for high school students, in the domains of attitudes toward...
DATE: January 1st, 2008
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Can the study of dance lead to enhanced academic skills? Dance is an art form that makes use of a wide variety of cognitive skills and may call upon many...
DATE: September 1st, 2000
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Many informal science institutions design exhibits to encourage inquiry and experimentation. But the authors of this paper suggest that often museums have found that visitors lack the expertise or confidence...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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This report presents findings from the 2004-06 Teaching Literacy Through Art research study of the Learning Through Art program (LTA) conducted by Randi Korn & Associates, Inc. (RK&A), for the...
DATE: April 1st, 2007
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Museum educators have a longstanding presence in museums and play a significant role in the institutions' educational agenda. However, research on field trips to science museums has predominantly explored teachers'...
DATE: November 27th, 2006
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This study explored the influence of a Saturday Science program that used explicit reflective instruction through contextualized and decontextualized guided and authentic inquiry on Kā2 studentsā views of nature of...
DATE: January 1st, 2010
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This article examines the literature on best practices in content-specific professional development and then aligns this work with the practices of a citywide afterschool chess program run by After School...
DATE: October 1st, 2013
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In this article, Rich Faron, president, and Susan Curran, director, both of Museum Explorer, Inc., explore the importance of internal relationships among museum staff. In particular, the authors outline "Five...
DATE: July 1st, 2007
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This monograph has been created by the TEAMS (Traveling Exhibits At Museums of Science) Collaborative, a group of seven small U.S. science centers, to share experiences, observations, and lessons learned...
DATE: October 1st, 2005
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TEAMS, an exhibit collaborative of seven small science museums, will collaborate with academic researchers to expand knowledge about learning in informal science environments and will apply that knowledge to the...
DATES: October 1st, 2004 - September 30th, 2008
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This report highlights the findings from Inverness Research's summative study of the TEAMS III Collaborative. In particular, it highlights the lessons learned from a study to incorporate research on how...
DATE: December 1st, 2008
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Five small science museums will form "TEAMS (Traveling Exhibits at Museums of Science) Collaborative". The partners include the Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, VT; The Catawba Science Center, Hickory, NC;...
DATES: October 1st, 1996 - September 30th, 2000
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The Montshire Museum of Science, on behalf of the TEAMS Collaborative, will develop "TEAMS Traveling Exhibit Collaborative." Four charter members of the TEAMS collaborative, a partnership that includes the Monthshire...
DATES: October 1st, 2000 - September 30th, 2005
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The Sciencenter will develop Tech City Exhibition, a 2500 sq. ft. traveling exhibit that will promote awareness of engineering as a process and a career. The exhibit will consist of...
DATES: July 1st, 1998 - June 30th, 2002
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Techbridge has proposed a broad implementation project that will scale up a tested multi-faceted model that increases girls' interest in STEM careers. The objectives of this project are to increase...
DATES: September 1st, 2013 - August 31st, 2018
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This article presents IMAX films as making science more accessible to the public, but cautions against building spectators rather than participants. It examines a film about Yellowstone while making the...
DATE: January 1st, 2004
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This study was undertaken to isolate characteristics of interactive exhibits that are particularly effective in attracting and holding the attention of visitors in a science museum. Forty-seven visitors were tracked...
DATE: January 1st, 2003
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Technologies are socially constructed. They mutate in the process of finding their social niche, and we come to understand what they "essentially" are by their cultural fit... This year a...
DATE: January 1st, 2008
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The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) will design, develop, evaluate and install "Technoquest," a permanent 6,000 square foot interactive technology exhibition for families, underrepresented groups, school groups and...
DATES: September 10th, 2002 - August 31st, 2005
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Technology fills every day of our lives. At Innovation Station visitors can experience the excitement of invention as they explore technology in a whole new way. Then, they can even...
DATE: August 1st, 2005
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This project will develop a new 4-H Afterschool curriculum called Discovering Technology to be implemented in 7 states potentially reaching 5000 middle school youths and 250 4-H leaders annually. The...
DATES: August 15th, 2007 - July 31st, 2013
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The St. Louis Science Center, in collaboration with the City College of New York and the Science Museum of Minnesota, will combine their considerable expertise with youth programs to create...
DATES: September 1st, 2005 - August 31st, 2009
