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Correlating Science Center Use with Adult Science Literacy: An International, Cross-Institutional Study
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Falk, John H.; Dierking, Lynn D.; Swanger, Lisa Prendergast; Staus, Nancy; Back, Mariana; Barriault, Chantal; Catalao, Carlos; Chambers, Cindy; Chew, Ling-Ling; Dahl, Svein A.; Falla, Sigrid; Gorecki, Bern; Lau, Tak-Cheung; Lloyd, Andy; Martin, Jennifer; Santer, Jennifer; Singer, Silvia; Solli, Anne; Trepanier, Gabrielle; Tyystjarvi, Kati; Verheyden, Patricia – Science Education, 2016
This international investigation was designed to determine if, and under what circumstances experiences at science centers, significantly correlated with a range of adult general public science and technology literacy measures. Given the complex and cumulative nature of science and technology learning, and the highly variable and free-choice…
Descriptors: Science Teaching Centers, Surveys, Adults, Foreign Countries
Designing for Learning Conversations: How Parents Support Children's Science Learning within an Immersive Simulation
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Tscholl, Michael; Lindgren, Robb – Science Education, 2016
This research investigates the social learning affordances of a room-sized, immersive, and interactive augmented reality simulation environment designed to support children's understanding of basic physics concepts in a science center. Conversations between 97 parent-child pairs were analyzed in relation to categories of talk through which…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Simulated Environment, Scientific Concepts, Physics
"Not Designed for Us": How Science Museums and Science Centers Socially Exclude Low-income, Minority Ethnic Groups
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Dawson, Emily – Science Education, 2014
This paper explores how people from low-income, minority ethnic groups perceive and experience exclusion from informal science education (ISE) institutions, such as museums and science centers. Drawing on qualitative data from four focus groups, 32 interviews, four accompanied visits to ISE institutions, and field notes, this paper presents an…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Minority Groups, Museums, Qualitative Research
Family Sense-Making Practices in Science Center Conversations
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Zimmerman, Heather Toomey; Reeve, Suzanne; Bell, Philip – Science Education, 2010
In this paper, we examine the interactional ways that families make meaning from biological exhibits during a visit to an interactive science center. To understand the museum visits from the perspectives of the families, we use ethnographic and discourse analytic methods, including pre- and postvisit interviews, videotaped observations of the…
Descriptors: Museums, Exhibits, Biology, Comprehension