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Direct linkSuter, Larry E. – Science Education, 2014
This exploratory analysis of student attendance at science museums finds that student achievement in science and mathematics is somewhat higher for those students who visited science museums frequently during the school year or summer. The strength of the association with cognitive achievement is sufficiently noteworthy to encourage further…
Descriptors: Museums, Science Teaching Centers, Science Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Falk, John H.; Storksdieck, Martin – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
Most people visit a science center in order to satisfy specific leisure-related needs; needs which may or may not actually include science learning. Falk proposed that an individual's identity-related motivations provide a useful lens through which to understand adult free-choice science learning in leisure settings. Over a 3-year period the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Prior Learning, Data Collection, Data Analysis
