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Viktoria Feucht; Paul Wilhelm Dierkes; Andreas Haeser-Kalthoff; Axel Kästner; Constanze Mager; Sören Reichhardt; Lucia Schröder; Tanja Spengler; Ina Steinert; Patrizia Ugolini; Franziska Waked; Matthias Winfried Kleespies – Environmental Education Research, 2025
Regular evaluation of environmental education is important for quality assurance and the self-assessment of educational institutions such as zoos. However, capacity is often lacking. Therefore, this study presents instruments that can be used to track the impact of educational programs on connection to nature, interest in species conservation,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Recreational Facilities, Demonstration Centers, Science Teaching Centers
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Tal, Tali; Dallashe, Sameer – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2021
We investigated the characteristics of a medical simulation-based informal learning environment (MSBE) of a science center--an environment not yet studied--to understand its uniqueness and its impact on visiting students. In the MSBE, students interact with, and operate, sophisticated simulators which demonstrate a range of medical situations.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Medical Education, Simulation, Informal Education
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Murcia, Karen; Pepper, Coral – Issues in Educational Research, 2018
Science centres generally strive to increase awareness, interest, capability and participation by citizens in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). This review of Scitech's professional learning (PL) strategy was designed to analyse quantitative and qualitative feedback about the professional learning activities delivered by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Influences, Science Teaching Centers, STEM Education
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Gonzalez, Avelino J.; Hollister, James R.; DeMara, Ronald F.; Leigh, Jason; Lanman, Brandan; Lee, Sang-Yoon; Parker, Shane; Walls, Christopher; Parker, Jeanne; Wong, Josiah; Barham, Clayton; Wilder, Bryan – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2017
This paper describes an interactive museum exhibit featuring an avatar of Alan Turing that informs museum visitors about artificial intelligence and Turing's seminal Turing Test for machine intelligence. The objective of the exhibit is to engage and motivate visiting children in the hope of sparking an interest in them about computer science and…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Informal Education, Science Education, Interaction
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Simmons, Deborah A. – Environmental Education and Information, 1990
Presented are the results of a survey of approximately 1300 centers across the United States and Canada. Discussed are management and ownership, setting, size, budget, staffing, annual use, acreage, and facilities. (CW)
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Conservation Education, Environmental Education, Natural Resources
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1971
January 31 to May 28, 1971, 44 5th grade classes and teachers from the Washington, D.C. Public Schools visited the Environmental Outdoor Laboratory School, Catoctin Mountain National Park, Thurmont, Maryland. The school provided: (1) specialized training in reading and related communication skills; (2) opportunities for growth in socialization…
Descriptors: Camping, Elementary Education, Grade 5, Laboratory Training
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Hofstein, Avi; Rosenfeld, Sherman – Studies in Science Education, 1996
Presents and integrates findings from selected research and evaluation studies of informal science learning in different settings such as school-based field trips, student projects, community-based science programs, visits to museums and zoos, the press, and electronic media. Contains 91 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Field Trips, Foreign Countries, Information Systems