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This project investigates long-term human-robot interaction outside of controlled laboratory settings to better understand how the introduction of robots and the development of socially-aware behaviors work to transform the spaces...
DATES: August 15th, 2021 - July 31st, 2024
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Presentation slides from the session "Social Science Research Collaboration: Advance the field and your Organization" shared at the 2020 AZA Annual Conference (Virtual).
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DATE: September 16th, 2020
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Whether we like it or not, and how many difficulties this may pose, scientific research and technology are becoming the “property” of everybody and increasingly will become subject of public...
DATE: September 21st, 2009
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This award takes an innovative approach to an ongoing, pervasive, and persistent societal issue: women are still drastically underrepresented in computing careers. This project targets middle school-aged girls because it...
DATES: September 1st, 2020 - August 31st, 2023
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Research systems are increasingly required to be more practically oriented and to address issues which appear more promising in economic and social results, with special reference to trans-disciplinary research fields,...
DATE: October 30th, 2009
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Social inclusion is an emerging preoccupation in the science communication field. The political value of science communication (e.g. in terms of empowerment) and the necessity to address all audiences has...
DATE: June 5th, 2014
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This study uses the online discourse surrounding an Austrian publicly-funded study about “Islamic kindergartens” as a case study to approach communication about the social sciences in the online public sphere....
DATE: February 25th, 2019
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Peer review is the evaluation method that has characterized the scientific growth of the last four centuries, the first four of what is called modern science, indeed. It is matter...
DATE: September 21st, 2003
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This paper will review literature on learning science in K-8 classrooms by asking and answering three major questions: Who learns science in classrooms? How is science learned in classrooms? What...
DATE: January 16th, 2006
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Grassroots women's learn-to-code groups are springing up in many places. This infographic a study of one such group, in which more-knowledgeable "coaches" lead novice "learners" in learning software programming on...
DATE: September 30th, 2019
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This article presents a metalogue discussion about the two focus articles and the six associated review essays on the topic of conceptual change as it applies to research, and science...
DATE: July 1st, 2008
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In this seminal paper from 2001, the researcher posits sociocultural perspectives as a useful theoretical and methodological lens for examining science education. The paper examines the types of questions that...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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Socioscientific issues bridge science and society. As such, they are open to multiple viewpoints and inherently associated with morality. This paper presents the findings from a year-long study designed to...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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In this article, we describe a preliminary study that integrates research on engineering design activities for K-12 students with work on microworlds as learning tools. Here, we extend these bodies...
DATE: January 1st, 2007
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This article is a review of the statistics program SigmaStat 2.03. It is an easy-to-use program, particularly useful for formative and remedial work where one may be doing a number...
DATE: May 1st, 1999
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The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago is producing a large format film that examines the sun and the relationship between the earth, its inhabitants, and our mother star....
DATES: March 1st, 1999 - February 28th, 2002
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In this article, contracts attorney Bruce A. Falk offers a practical guide to circumventing the legalities of soliciting content from third-parties (i.e. audience participation). Falk provides a brief history of...
DATE: July 1st, 2009
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This project is composed of a 1,500 square foot permanent, and traveling exhibit, and a schools program focused on problem- solving, targeted primarily for children in grades 5-8. The exhibit...
DATES: December 1st, 1996 - May 31st, 2001
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In this article, Donald Patterson and Stephen Bitgood outline principles of exhibit design, which describe the relationship between visitor behavior and the characteristics of the exhibit environment. These principles include...
DATE: January 1st, 1989
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In this article, Albert Ndayitwayeko, AFGRAD Fellow at the University of Florida, and John J. Koran, Jr., Professor and Curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History, analyze the informal...
DATE: January 1st, 1990
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In this brief outline, Jacksonville State University's Steve Bitgood identifies key questions and proposed answers related to exhibit design. Questions focus on the purpose, planning, management, timing, funding, criteria, measurement,...
DATE: January 1st, 1987
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This paper presents ten guiding principles for designing construction kits for kids: design for designers; low floors and wide walls; make powerful ideas salient - not forced; support many paths,...
DATE: January 1st, 2005
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This review takes a critical position with regards to Treagust and Duit’s article, Conceptual Change: A discussion of theoretical methodological and practical challenges for science education. It is proposed that...
DATE: July 1st, 2008
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In this article, VSA President Harris Shettel examines some of the issues that are relevant to the continued growth and development of the field of visitor studies. Shettel presents these...
DATE: November 1st, 1993
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In this article, Harris Shettel, an evaluation consultant, discusses the politics of evaluation and how the recent use of visitor data to inform decision making at all levels qualifies as...
DATE: September 1st, 1996
