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From Hands On to Minds On: Labeling Interactive Exhibits

January 1, 1992 | Exhibitions
This paper presents findings from a label study project at the Franklin Institute Science Museum, part of the Naive Knowledge Research Project, funded by NSF to identify "naive notions" about science, in particular the cause and nature of gravity, and test the power of interactive devices to alter them. The device which prompted this label study was designed to correct the misconception that spinning pulls things in and, more specifically, that the earth's rotation generates its gravitational pull.

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  • 2013 10 16 MindaBorun
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    Franklin Institute Science Museum
  • Katherine Adams
    Author
    Franklin Institute Science Museum
  • Citation

    ISSN : 1064-5578
    Publication Name: Visitor Studies
    Volume: 4
    Number: 1
    Page Number: 116

    Funders

    NSF
    Resource Type: Research Products
    Discipline: Education and learning science | Geoscience and geography | Physics
    Audience: General Public | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators
    Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits

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