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Direct linkAfonso, Ana S.; Gilbert, John K. – Research in Science Education, 2008
This is a study of the opportunities currently provided by interactive science and technology centres for visitors' engagement in the field of acoustics. E-mails, requesting a description of exhibits on acoustics (sound and hearing) in use, were sent to members of staff of interactive science and technology centres around the world as well as to…
Descriptors: Museums, Exhibits, Acoustics, Computer Mediated Communication
Afonso, Ana S.; Gilbert, John K. – International Journal of Science Education, 2006
Framed by a "personal constructivist" perspective, this study analyses visitors' use of spontaneous memories in understanding different types of interactive exhibits, the nature and sources of the retrieved memories, and the way that visitors relate an exhibit analogically to memories of previous exhibits. One hundred and thirteen…
Descriptors: Semantics, Exhibits, Constructivism (Learning), Museums
