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resource research Exhibitions

2023 AISL Awardee Mini-Poster: 2116959, 2116811, 2116932​

This "mini-poster," a two-page slideshow presenting an overview of the project, was presented at the 2023 AISL Awardee Meeting.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Charlotte Vaughn Deanna Gagne Yi Ting Huang Patrick Plummer
resource research Public Programs

2021 Poster - WaterMarks: An art/science framework for community- engaged learning around water and water management in an urban area

This poster was presented at the 2021 NSF AISL Awardee Meeting. Programming includes Neighborhood Walks led by teams of scientists/engineers and artists Community Workshops, Local Artist Projects, and Youth Mentorship focused on neighborhood and citywide water issues Intergenerational participation, from seniors and adult learners to young adults, teens, and middle schoolers
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TEAM MEMBERS: Ryan Holifield Woonsup Choi Donnelley (Dolly) Hayde Mary Miss
resource research Media and Technology

Poster - The Science of Sharing

This poster describes the work accomplished by August 2014 for the NSF-funded project "Science of Sharing: Investigating Cooperation, Competition, and Social Interdependence." It was presented at the 2014 AISL PI Meeting in Washington, DC.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Exploratorium Josh Gutwill
resource research Public Programs

Poster: Forest Science Dialogues

Poster for the 2014 AISL PI Meeting about the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation's Forest Science Dialogues project.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Hubbard Brook Research Foundation Sarah Garlick
resource research Public Programs

Poster: Marcellus Matters

Marcellus Matters: Engaging Adults in Science and Energy, grant # DRL1114670, poster for the 2014 AISL PI Meeting poster session on August 21, 2014.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Penn State University, Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research Terry Z. Noll
resource research Media and Technology

Lifelong Learning and Technology

Technological literacy is essential to ensure lifelong engagement in rapidly changing societies. Three factors that affect learning in later adulthood are age-related declines in processing new information, changes in motivation and reprioritization of emotional wellbeing over new learning, and the ways in which beliefs and stereotypes influence motivation and learning.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Casey Lindberg Edwin Carstensen Laura Cartsensen
resource evaluation Exhibitions

Provocative Questions: Supporting effective dialogue about societal issues informed by human biology in a changing world: Exploratory Research Study

This report details the findings from an exploratory research study conducted by the Research and Evaluation Department at the Museum of Science, Boston about this exhibition, which came to be known as Provocative Questions (PQ). This investigation was guided by the following questions: 1. Will visitors engage in socio-scientific argumentation in an un-facilitated exhibit space, and are they aware that they are doing so? 2. How do the un-facilitated exhibits impact visitors’ socio-scientific argumentation skills? For the exploratory research study, visitors were cued to use the exhibits and
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TEAM MEMBERS: Larry Bell Elizabeth Kollmann Juli Goss Catherine Lussenhop
resource research Exhibitions

Fostering Active Prolonged Engagement: The Art of Creating APE Exhibits

The Exploratorium's Going APE project (APE=Active Prolonged Engagement) developed 30 exhibit designs to encourage visitors to become more cognitively engaged with exhibits--to use exhibits as tools for self-directed exploration, rather than as authoritative demonstrations. To do this, the staff drew on work in the fields of education, visitor research, human factors engineering, computer interface design, and interactive exhibit development at other museums. The project also integrated evaluative research into exhibit development to maximize possibilities for visitor-authored questions
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TEAM MEMBERS: Josh Gutwill