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Learning Science in Informal Environments draws together disparate literatures, synthesizes the state of knowledge, and articulates a common framework for the next generation of research on learning science in informal...
DATE: January 1st, 2009
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On a May morning in 2007, fourth grader Joshua White hopped on a city bus with his grandmother and rode across Washington, D.C., for his first visit to the nature...
DATE: May 31st, 2016
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This book reviews the available research on learning science through interaction with digital simulations and games. It considers the potential of digital games and simulations to contribute to learning science...
DATE: January 1st, 2011
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In every drop of water, down at the scale of atoms and molecules, there is a world that can fascinate anyone - ranging from a non-verbal young science student to...
DATES: July 15th, 1992 - June 30th, 1997
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The National Research Council, through its Board on Science Education, will carry out a synthesis study of informal science learning based on a workshop funded by a prior NSF planning...
DATES: October 15th, 2005 - September 30th, 2009
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This paper discusses the methodologies, key findings, and implications of a research project that examined the effectiveness of exhibits for making children understand scientific concepts. The two-part study was conducted...
DATE: January 1st, 1990
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Across the United States, individuals, organizations, and communities are wrestling with a wide array of challenging and persistent science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)-related problems. A few examples include ensuring...
DATES: August 1st, 2020 - July 31st, 2022
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The purpose of this paper is to provide a better understanding of Maine’s capability to promote 5th-12th graders’ engagement and achievement in STEM during out-of-school hours. The paper will provide...
DATE: January 1st, 2012
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This volume explores how technology-supported learning environments can incorporate physical activity and interactive experiences in formal and informal education. It presents cutting-edge research and design work on a new generation...
DATE: December 14th, 2014
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The Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley, will launch the Learning Technology Studio project to improve the ability of its staff to create digital technology tools...
DATES: October 1st, 2019 - September 30th, 2021
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The goal of this chapter is to provide an overview of important aspects of human learning that are particularly relevant to educators, including learning across settings and lifelong learning....
DATE: January 1st, 2006
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Since the release of the 2009 CAISE white paper Public Participation in Scientific Research: Defining the Field and Assessing Its Potential for Informal Science Education, citizen science has become one of the fastest growing sectors of the informal STEM education (ISE) field. Experiences and settings that are designed for learning while participants play a role ...
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DATE: February 2nd, 2017
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In the last twenty years, citizen science has blossomed as a way to engage a broad range of individuals in doing science. Citizen science projects focus on, but are not...
DATE: November 15th, 2018
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Project Enhanced Science Learning (PESL) offers learning partners opportunities to engage in authentic scientific inquiry through apprenticeship. Such inquiry is often enabled by dynamic interactions among learning partners in physical...
DATES: August 1st, 1992 - July 31st, 1995
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Arizona State University (ASU) in collaboration with Arizona Science Center, Boeing, Intel, Microchip, Motorola, Salt River Project, AZ Foundation for Resource Education, AZ Game & Fish Department, US Partnership for...
DATES: September 1st, 2007 - August 31st, 2012
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Interactive technologies are employed in museums to enhance the visitors' experience and help them learn in more authentic ways. Great amounts of time and money and many man-hours of hard...
DATE: July 1st, 2013
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The Maker Movement has taken the educational field by storm due to its perceived potential as a driver of creativity, excitement, and innovation (Honey & Kanter, 2013; Martinez & Stager,...
DATE: January 1st, 2015
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Learning how to communicate and engage in scientific discourse has become a significant goal of science education. Argumentation, or the practice of persuasion using evidence, is identified as a core...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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In this chapter, we explore making as a learning process in the context of a museum-based maker space designed for family participation. In particular, we focus on young children, and...
DATE: January 1st, 2016
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ABSTRACT The article discusses the research which has showed that music education enhances spatial reasoning skills. The result has suggested that the various kinds of musical instruction leads to spatial...
DATE: September 1st, 2000
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Learning to see inequity in science is critical to anyone who is actively encouraging young people to invest their education, career, and life in the discipline. If the culture of...
DATE: January 1st, 2009
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As part of its overall strategy to enhance learning in informal environments, the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program funds innovative resources for use in a variety of settings. This...
DATES: September 1st, 2015 - August 31st, 2018
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In responding to the research on conceptual change, this article attempts to make two points. First, scientific concepts are not possessed by individuals; rather, they are part of a culture’s...
DATE: July 1st, 2008
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Learning to Work with the Public in the Context of Local Systemic Change is a five-year Teacher Enhancement initiative to build a knowledge base and develop the necessary tools and...
DATES: September 1st, 1999 - August 31st, 2005
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In July 2020, Dr. Brigid Barron and her team at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center convened a virtual workshop to mobilize a community...
DATE: October 21st, 2021