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Going Deep: Supporting Collaborative Exploration of Evolution in Natural History Museums

June 15, 2013 | Media and Technology, Exhibitions
The authors provide an analysis of pairs of children interacting with a multi-touch tabletop exhibit designed to help museum visitors learn about evolution and the tree of life. The exhibit’s aim is to inspire visitors with a sense of wonder at life’s diversity while providing insight into key evolutionary concepts such as common descent. The authors find that children negotiate their interaction with the exhibit in a variety of ways including reactive, articulated, and contemplated exploration. These strategies in turn influence the ways in which children make meaning through their experiences. The authors consider how specific aspects of the exhibit design shape these collaborative exploration and meaning-making activities.

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    Northwestern University
  • Laurel Schrementi
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    Northwestern University
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    Harvard University
  • Brenda Phillips
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    Harvard University
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  • Citation

    Publication Name: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL'13)
    Page Number: 153

    Funders

    NSF
    Funding Program: ISE/AISL
    Award Number: 1010889
    Funding Amount: 2312150
    Resource Type: Reference Materials
    Discipline: Computing and information science | Ecology, forestry, and agriculture | Education and learning science | Life science | Nature of science
    Audience: Middle School Children (11-13) | Youth/Teen (up to 17) | Adults | Families | General Public | Museum/ISE Professionals | Scientists | Evaluators
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Games, Simulations, and Interactives | Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits

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