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Project Explore: How Children are Really Learning in Children's Museums

January 1, 1997 | Exhibitions
In this paper, Nancy T. Haas of the Please Touch Museum discusses Project Explore, a new research initiative that explores learning in children's museums. Project Explore is a collaborative effort of two organizations, PleaseTouch Museum in Philadelphia and Harvard's Project Zero in Cambridge. Using a dual research approach, Please Touch Museum researchers investigated exactly what it is that children are learning and how to best enable or enhance their learning process; while the Project Zero team studied how children engage in exhibits by looking at the Entry Points approach to learning. Haas provides an overview of the project and key findings.

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  • Nancy T. Haas
    Author
    Please Touch Museum
  • Citation

    ISSN : 1064-5578
    Publication Name: Visitor Studies
    Volume: 9
    Number: 1
    Page Number: 63

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    Resource Type: Research Products
    Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM
    Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Pre-K Children (0-5) | Families | Parents/Caregivers | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators
    Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits

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