Found 10697 results. Change search to: repository only or website pages only.
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
Large gaps in achievement and interest in science and engineering [STEM] persist for youth growing up in poverty, and in particular for African American and Latino youth. Within the informal...
DATE: March 6th, 2017
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
The article looks at so-called Maker spaces, areas of public libraries devoted to helping patrons work together and learn by offering tools, access, and training to create ideas and objects....
DATE: October 1st, 2012
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
The Space Science Institute will refurbish its 5,000 square foot traveling exhibition, "MarsQuest: Exploring the Red Planet" (ESI-9705377), enhancing the exhibition with new components that incorporate recent data from ongoing...
DATES: April 1st, 2003 - March 31st, 2005
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
The concept of a project often corresponds to its history. In particular, you can identify this when you reconstruct, through the memories of its main players, the history of the...
DATE: March 20th, 2009
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
The Exploratorium will develop "The Math Explorer Activity Book," a project designed to build interest in math among youth ages 11 to 14, particularly girls and minority youth; and to...
DATES: September 1st, 1999 - November 30th, 2004
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, in partnership with several universities and a science advisory committee of distinguished international researchers in physics and astronomy, is producing "The Matter of Origins," a...
DATES: August 15th, 2010 - July 31st, 2012
REPOSITORY | EVALUATION
Choreographed by Liz Lerman and the Dance Exchange, The Matter of Origins is a contemporary dance exploring historical perspectives and cutting edge physics about our beginnings. In Act One, audience...
DATE: September 1st, 2011
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
In this article, George E. Hein, Professor Emeritus at Lesley University, discusses "meaning making" and what the concept implies for exhibit developers. Hein discusses theory and research to investigate the...
DATE: January 1st, 2006
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
Educators have long been urged to facilitate inquiry as a way of enhancing learners’ understanding of science beyond that of basic concepts and skills. But in what ways do educators...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
The Science and Technology Museum from Catalunya (mNACTEC) has developed a virtual exhibition from the documents and objects used for the exhibition "Experimental Physics Laboratory of the Mentor Alsina". The...
DATE: January 1st, 2008
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
Progress in understanding cognitive developmental change mechanisms requires methods that yield detailed data about particular changes. The microgenetic method is an approach that can yield such data. It involves (a)...
DATE: June 1st, 1991
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
The Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden will conduct the Million Orchid Project Authentic STEM Initiative to provide inclusive and accessible STEM learning opportunities for approximately 1,800 students annually from the most...
DATES: September 1st, 2020 - August 31st, 2023
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
In this article, Jacksonville State University's Stephen Bitgood discusses two misconceptions associated with signs that attempt to control visitor behavior. Bitgood cites findings from a study of three types of...
DATE: January 1st, 1991
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
Science centres have been identified as an important resource in encouraging teenagers to choose higher education in science and technology. This is of interest to society, since there seems to...
DATE: February 1st, 2006
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
The Educational Film Center, in collaboration with Dr. Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Laureate and John A. Newman, Professor of Physical Science at Cornell University, will produce THE MOLECULAR WORLD, a series...
DATES: June 10th, 1990 - February 28th, 1993
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
The following is one of three focus point presentations delivered as part of the session titled “Citizen Science Project Design” on day two of the Citizen Science Toolkit Conference at...
DATE: June 20th, 2007
REPOSITORY | PROJECT
The Mount Washington Observatory will produce a nationally syndicated, short-format radio series on the weather over a three year period. The request is for a declining amount in each of...
DATES: January 1st, 1997 - December 31st, 1999
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
The EU-funded MultiMatch project aims to overcome language barriers, and media and distribution problems currently affecting access to on-line cultural heritage material. Partners are developing a vertical search engine able...
DATE: January 1st, 2008
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
In this article, William A. Barnard of the University of Northern Colorado and Ross J. Loomis of Colorado State University discuss a series of research studies they conducted to address...
DATE: May 1st, 1994
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
In this paper, Robert M. Woltman of the Albuquerque Museum discusses the vocabulary of exhibit design. Woltman provides examples of how this vocabulary has been used at his institution to...
DATE: January 1st, 1994
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
The Museum Experience is the first book to take the "visitor's eye view" of the museum visit. It integrates the authors' original research with that from a wide variety of...
DATE: May 30th, 1992
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
The first book to take a "visitor's eye view" of the museum visit when it was first published in 1992, The Museum Experience revolutionized the way museum professionals understand their...
DATE: February 1st, 2013
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
In this article, Robert Eisenberger, professor of psychology at the University of Delaware, reviews two fundamental philosophical conceptions of motivation that influence contemporary views, show how these world views are...
DATE: September 1st, 1999
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
This paper discusses the Museum Impact and Evaluation Study, a research collaborative originated by the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, and made up of nine museums from across...
DATE: January 1st, 1992
REPOSITORY | RESEARCH
This paper presents an overview of the Museum Impact and Evaluation Study and some of its key findings. The project that began in January 1990 and was completed in 1992...
DATE: January 1st, 1993
