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This article was written in the context of the science education reforms of the 1990s, such as the AAAS Project 2061, the NSTA science scope and sequence, and the NRCâs...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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This paper by Mujtaba and Reiss explores tendencies in girlsâ and boysâ motivations, attitudes, and perceptions toward studying physics after age 16. Findings suggest that girls who want to continue...
DATE: January 1st, 2014
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This paper reports on comparative study of three âgoodâ public science lectures. Based on the analysis, it presents an explanatory framework composed of four clusters of elements: analogical approach, story,...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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Informal science programs have potential for engaging audiences from non-dominant communities in unique ways. This article investigates specific elements of programs that African American mothers participating in this study preferred...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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This study, conducted in New Zealand, is an analysis of the questions that students in their final year of high school were anticipated asking, and asked, during a visit to...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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ISE professionals should find this paper useful in understanding how scientists view the nature of science (NOS). Through interviews, the researchers have enabled a view of science as a flexible,...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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In this commissioned paper from the Climate Change Education Roundtable, Heidi Cullen offers strategies for mainstream media to engage the public around the topic of climate. She offers key strategies...
DATE: January 1st, 2010
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In this paper, researcher Adrian F. Aveni of Jacksonville State University presents a variety of concepts, models and theories of sociology potentially relevant to the field of visitor studies. Aveni...
DATE: January 1st, 1990
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In this article, Gary T. Johnson, President of the Chicago History Museum, discusses the Spanish-language initiative at his museum. Johnson describes how Spanish exhibit labels were received , lessons learned...
DATE: July 1st, 2007
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This research examined and evaluated visitor comments at The National Museum of Ireland - Country Life, recorded in comment books over a period of 10 years since the Musuem opened...
DATE: June 14th, 2013
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In this article, three museum professionals explain the meaning and importance of experience design. The authors include Dan Spock, Head of Exhibitions at the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul,...
DATE: July 1st, 2005
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This essay examines the question of how museum professionals select research methods for summative exhibit evaluation. It explores the ways in which this question historically has been answered in the...
DATE: November 1st, 2005
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In this article, Eugene Dillenburg, Assistant Professor of Museum Studies and Scholar at Michigan State University, seeks a universal definition for a museum, noting that the term nowadays describes institutions...
DATE: January 1st, 2011
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In this article, Jeff Hayward, Director of People, Places & Design Research, defines the role of museum evaluators by explaining what they do, who they do it for and why,...
DATE: January 1st, 2006
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In this article, Ohio State University's John L. Heywood discusses the study of outdoor recreation and the challenges of the emerging field. Heywood also describes some of the factors and...
DATE: January 1st, 1991
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In this article, Ohio State University's John L. Heywood shares a selected bibliography of books for professionals interested in learning more about leisure studies....
DATE: January 1st, 1991
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In this article, Marilyn Hood, Ph.D. of Hood Associates investigates the public's perception of museums. Hood examines about 200 clippings that mention the word "museum" and sorts these clippings under...
DATE: January 1st, 1991
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In this article, Lynda Kelly, Evaluation Coordinator at the Australian Museum, discusses the importance of titles in developing exhibitions in museums. Kelly cites evaluation studies at the Australian Museum for...
DATE: September 1st, 1997
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Lisboa Associates, Inc. designing, producing, and evaluating a pilot unit for a thirteen-part, $3.5 to $4 million television series for pre-adolescent youth. What's On Your Mind? - The adventures of...
DATES: September 10th, 1996 - August 31st, 1997
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In 2005, the Vermont Center for the Book (VCB) received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop and implement a program called What's the BIG Idea? to help...
DATE: November 1st, 2009
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What's the BIG Idea? will infuse STEM content and concepts into librarians' practice in order to establish the public library as the site of ongoing, developmentally appropriate, standards-based STEM programming...
DATES: August 1st, 2005 - January 31st, 2010
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This proposal is based on the PI's active research investigating the physical, chemical, spectroscopic and biological properties of boronic acid substituted chalcones, a subclass of flavonoid plant pigments. Functions of...
DATES: July 1st, 2007 - June 30th, 2010
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In this article, Caitlin McQuade, an interpretive project developer, describes how four small history museums in St. Louis operate on tighter budgets while still fulfilling their missions. Through creative partnerships...
DATE: January 1st, 2005
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This report describes the findings of an evaluation of the K-5 school tour program at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, Washington. These school tours observed in this study are...
DATE: January 1st, 2011
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In this essay, we review research from the social sciences on how the public makes sense of and participates in societal decisions about science and technology. We specifically highlight the...
DATE: June 26th, 2009
