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In this article, Ridgeley Williams and Rosalyn Rubenstein, the co-chairs of the 1991 Visitor Studies Conference Committee, reflect on the success of the conference, which was the first VSA conference...

This Handbook was developed to provide project directors and principal investigators working with the National Science Foundation (NSF) with a basic guide for evaluating NSF’s educational projects. It is aimed...

In this article, Judy Rand reflects on her experience in developing exhibits and using visitor research to help inform these efforts. Rand reflects on a rafting trip through the Grand...

In this article, Beverly Serrell of Serrell & Associates proposes a type of standardized summative evaluation that sets criteria for determining the success of an exhibition. Serrell outlines her support...

It is common knowledge that U.S. students have fallen behind in the acquisition of science knowledge and that the necessary solution is greater investment and better practices in our schools....

This paper discusses exhibit labels and how to design them effectively. Author Stephen Bitgood organizes the literature on exhibit labeling into three general components: (a) know your audience; (b) capture...

The Exploratorium will develop a series of Internet resources on three popular topics -- cooking, gardening, and making music -- to encourage users in science education activities in relation to...

Many libraries are now providing innovative science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) activities in their youth programs, including interactive exhibitions and hands-on workshops. What started some years ago as independent...

This post was written by Kalie Sacco, Lawrence Hall of Science, Research Associate.   Picture this: you are the lead facilitator at an afterschool program and a first-time grant writer. You are asked to talk about the effectiveness of your program, but you’ve never been able to systematically evaluate how effective it is before. Or, imagine ... Read more

Silence of the Lands enables participants to annotate and map the soundscape of wild and urban natural environments. Participants can record and collect ambient sounds, create and share individual and...

In this article, Marilyn G. Hood, Ph.D., of Hood Associates, discusses African-American attendance and non-attendance at art museums. Hood presents findings from focus groups and individual interviews used to better...

Smartphones and other mobile devices like the iPhone, Android, Kindle Fire, and iPad have boosted educators' interest in using mobile media for education. Applications from games to augmented reality are...

Through a collaboration of the DuPage Children's Museum, Argonne National Laboratory, and National-Louis University, a three-element project is being conducted focusing on the following: 1) a research component that studies...

Dr. Alan Friedman, former director of the New York Hall of Science and CAISE Co-PI and Senior Advisor, served as an inspiration and mentor to many professionals in our field. To honor his memory, the Noyce Foundation has made a $500,000 grant to the New York Hall of Science to establish the Alan J. Friedman ... Read more

The Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education initiated the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship program in 1990. This program provides outstanding secondary mathematics and science teachers with an opportunity...

In late spring 2010, Goodman Research Group, Inc. (GRG) was contracted by the Museum of Science, Boston, to conduct an outcomes evaluation of their educational live performance, The Amazing Nano...

This paper introduces a nonparametric statistical method for the analysis of time data in visitor research and evaluation studies. Measures of duration are often used to analyze visitor behavior and...

In this article, Jacksonville State University's Stephen Bitgood discusses the complexity of an educational exhibition. Bitgood provides a detailed analysis of the exhibit environment to better understand how to design...

Development of an interactive, multimedia atlas exploring the people, places, and events that shaped key moments in California agriculture. The Animated Atlas of California Farming History will encourage public thought and...

The 2023 Citizen Science Association conference, C*Sci 2023 in-person event will be held from May 22-26 on the Arizona State University campus in Tempe, Arizona (Phoenix metro area), with select streaming content available to virtual registrants. This event convenes conversations across disciplines, roles, and perspectives. Together, we seek and share the traditional and innovative practices that lead to powerful partnerships for discovery, ... Read more

This paper begins by questioning the narrow definition of learning used in much present writing concerning lifelong learning, which tends to focus on the purported economic and societal benefits of...

This Communicating Research to Public Audiences project from the University of South Carolina (USC) is based on the ongoing multidisciplinary investigations of Eugene Karabanov and Douglas Williams (OPP-0229737) in the...

This paper aims to further articulate multicultural science education scholarship. In particular, it explores the notions of borders and border epistemologies as intellectual resources to think again about the challenges...

The Art and Science of Acoustic Recording was a collaborative project between the Royal College of Music and the Science Museum that saw an historic orchestral recording from 1913 re-enacted...

In 1917, the French artist Marcel Duchamp submitted a store-bought porcelain urinal turned on its back and signed R. Mutt to the hanging committee of the Society for Independent Artists...