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This paper outlines research showing a suprizing agreement in the guesability of multitouch gestures on tabletop surfaces between users. It also provides more evidence that crowd sourcing gesture mapping will...
DATE: May 25th, 2011
REPOSITORY | EVALUATION
This front-end study aimed to capture baseline information about students' science interests and skills in support of the development of a new program called the Koshland Youth Research Lab. Specifically,...
DATE: September 1st, 2011
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Modern smartphones contain sophisticated sensors to monitor three-dimensional movement of the device. These sensors permit devices to recognize motion gestures— deliberate movements of the device by end-users to invoke commands....
DATE: May 7th, 2011
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This Handbook is geared to the experienced researcher who is a novice evaluator. It orients the researcher to evaluation practice, with an emphasis on the use of qualitative techniques to...
DATE: August 1st, 1997
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This guide provides techniques, tips, and best practices for citizen science practitioners who seek assistance in evaluating outcomes from their projects....
DATE: August 1st, 2014
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
This paper will be of value to ISE professionals interested in designing communication strategies to influence visitor behaviour. The author draws on persuasive communication theory to discuss the design and...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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This case study explores the affordances a weblog (blog) offered to “Ms. Frizzle,” an urban middle school science teacher and exceptional blogger, to support her professional identity development. The 316...
DATE: May 8th, 2008
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In this article, Mary Stewart Miller, evaluator at the Cumberland Science Museum, discusses evaluation methods involving child visitors as well as adults. Stewart Miller shares methodology and findings from an...
DATE: January 1st, 1989
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
I respond to Pike and Dunne by exploring the utilization of citizen science in science education. Their results indicate that students fail to pursue science beyond the secondary level, in...
DATE: June 1st, 2011
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
The article discusses the use of comics in teaching science. Sharing a comic before starting a class puts students in a more receptive mood for the lesson that follows. Comics...
DATE: January 1st, 2006
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
This paper describes a framework for studying and evaluating learning environments which contextualize school science content within a larger real-world scientific endeavor, such as carrying on a space mission. A...
DATE: April 1st, 1994
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This paper describes the potential benefits of incorporating art into physics education. Drawing and sculpture provide a way of understanding abstract concepts. The process may also allow educators to “humanize”...
DATE: January 1st, 2013
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
Design-Based Research (DBR) has been a tool of the learning sciences since the early 1990s, used as a way to improve and study learning environments. Using an iterative process of...
DATE: January 1st, 2008
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
Dorion’s research, exploring the use of drama in science teaching, puts forth the concept of mime and role-play to help students to explore abstract scientific models. In addition, drama may...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life) cut training costs by two-thirds and improved outcomes for students in its summer program by developing e-learning modules for program staff and managers....
DATE: March 1st, 2010
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
Encouraging nonprofessionals to participate in ecological research through citizen science programs is a recent innovation and an effective strategy for gathering ecological information across broad geographical areas. In this paper,...
DATE: December 1st, 2012
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
In this article, Britt Raphling discusses how the visitor data from extensive formative evaluations guided decision-making on design revisions for the wayfinding system at the Adler Planetarium....
DATE: January 1st, 1997
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
In this paper, Britt Raphling from the Adler Planetarium discusses how evaluation can be used to help focus interactive multimedia options so that exhibits meet both content objectives and visitor...
DATE: January 1st, 1996
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
This paper discusses recent efforts of zoos and museums to develop exhibits that place a greater emphasis on the uniqueness of natural areas and on what visitors can do to...
DATE: January 1st, 1996
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In this paper, Margie Marino of the Denver Museum of Natural History discusses the value of museum maps and how her institution used evaluation to improve the design of a...
DATE: January 1st, 1996
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These slides were presented at an interagency meeting to discuss games and informal learning. It describes the Federal Games Guild (FGG) the White House Game Jam....
DATE: November 4th, 2014
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In this case study, Carey Tisdal, internal evaluator at the St. Louis Science Center (SLSC), discusses the use of teacher response groups in the development of the school visit program...
DATE: January 1st, 1995
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
In this article, researchers from Jacksonville State University and the Center for Social Design discuss a study that attempted to use questions as label-reading prompts in a new way. Questions...
DATE: January 1st, 1992
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
Considerable time and effort have been invested in understanding the motivations of museum visitors. Many investigators have sought to describe why people visit museums, resulting in a range of descriptive...
DATE: January 1st, 2008
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
In this project, the Education Development Center and Campbell-Kibbler Research Associates Inc., are researching the impact of a set of after-school biology materials on under-represented middle school youth at the...
DATES: September 15th, 2007 - June 16th, 2011
