Descriptor
Academic Achievement | 1 |
Educational Research | 1 |
Elementary Education | 1 |
Exhibits | 1 |
Exploratory Behavior | 1 |
Females | 1 |
Field Trips | 1 |
Grade 6 | 1 |
Junior High Schools | 1 |
Males | 1 |
Museums | 1 |
More ▼ |
Source
Journal of Research in… | 1 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 1 |
Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Kubota, Carole A.; Olstad, Roger G. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1991
Compared a group viewing a slide/tape program designed to reduce the novelty of a science museum with a control group (n=64 sixth graders). The results indicate that boys in the experimental group had higher on-task exploratory learning and greater cognitive learning, but there was no effect for girls. (PR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Exhibits