Informal Science Learning: What the Research Says about Television, Science Museums, and Community-based Projects |
Contents
An Introduction to Informal Science Learning and Research | 1 |
Chapter | 4 |
Research on Informal Learning | 7 |
Copyright | |
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activities adults American assessment attitudes audience Bitgood broadcast Center chapter Children's Television Workshop cognitive concepts conducted Contact Curator Discovery Channel Don Herbert effects environment EUREKA experimental Exploratorium field focus funding gender Girls Incorporated goals grades groups Hands On Science hands-on households impact studies important included increase informal learning informal science education informal science learning interaction interest interviews labels learners mathematics measure museum exhibits museum visitors National Natural History Operation SMART outcomes Outcomes/major findings Overview of methods parents participants problem/main purpose produced Project Interface Project SEED Public Broadcasting Service questions ratings Reading Rainbow research and evaluation Research Communications role Sample selected science museums Science Outreach science programming scientific Scientific American Frontiers scientists scores Screven Shettel Social Design Square One TV study/procedures summative teachers tion topics understanding viewers viewing visitor behavior visitor studies zoos