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Surrounded by Science: Learning Science in Informal Environments
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4Crowley, K., and Jacobs, M. (2002). Islands of expertise and the development of family scientific literacy. In G. Leinhardt, K. Crowley, and K. Knutson (Eds.), Learning Conversations inMuseums. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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5National Research Council. (1999). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning. J.D. Bransford, A.L. Brown, and R.R. Cocking (Eds.). Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
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7Guichard, H. (1995). Designing tools to develop the conception of learners. InternationalJournal of Science Education, 17(2), 243-253.
8Randol, S.M. (2005). The Nature of Inquiry in Science Centers: Describing and AssessingInquiry at Exhibits. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Berkeley.
9Koran, J.J., Koran, M.L., and Longino, S.J. (1986). The relationship of age, sex, attraction, and holding power with two types of science exhibits. Curator, 29(3), 227-235.
10Goldowsky, N. (2002). Lessons from Life: Learning from Exhibits, Animals and Interactionin a Museum. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, UMI#3055856, Harvard University.
11Allen, S., and Gutwill, J. (2004). Designing science museum exhibits with multiple interactive features: Five common pitfalls. Curator, 47(2), 199-212.
12Korn, R. (2003). The Science Museum of Minnesota: Cell Lab Summative Evaluation. Available: http://www.informalscience.org/evaluations/report_174.pdf [accessed February 2010]. Interviews with Kirsten Ellenbogen and Laurie Fink were also part of the research for this case study.