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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Informal learning environments"”.
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Better the data you know : developing youth data literacy in schools and informal learning environments
… and address real-world issues: one in an informal learning environment, Young Rewired State's Festival of Code, and the other in a public school, City Digits: Local Lotto. Fourth, I analyze the challenges facing data literacy initiatives - from the constraints of the public school …
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Sustaining Inquiry in an After -School Science and Design Lab: The Significance of the Parts Ecology
… analysis of the use of artifacts within two informal learning environments, the author finds that the choices made by participants in response to the distribution and abundance of those artifacts determine to a large extent the sustainability of inquiry learning. Reflecting upon the …
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Distribution of Resource Use in an Informal Learning Environment: Using Sensor Technologies to Bring Geography Indoors
… users' perception and use of resources in informal learning environments. Through quantitative analysis this research tests the ideal free distribution hypothesis. Findings indicate that certain measures of use and value support the ideal free distribution hypothesis. These results help to …
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Engaging Young Children in the Art Museum: An Educational Criticism of an Art Museum Summer Class
… of developing programming for early learners in informal learning environments, and demands further research of the use of this set of intentions and the application of Uhrmacher and Moroye's (2010) perceptual teaching framework to additional museum program models for young children.</p>
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The Effect of Sonification in Informal Learning: From Fairy Tales to Art Galleries
… to advance in the present era, lifelong learning has become essential across all stages of life. Learning occurs not only in formal institutional settings but also in informal contexts embedded in daily life. Within these informal learning environments, sonification can play a pivotal …
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School Leader Perceptions of the Effect of Social Media Use by Middle School Students' School Experiences
… of adolescent life, influencing both formal and informal learning environments. Despite its prevalence, limited research has explored how school leaders interpret these influences and respond to emerging challenges. Guided by three research questions, this study employed semi-structured …
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An Investigation of Preservice Teachers’ Engagement and Perceptions of Science Learning in Outdoor Learning Environments
… education programs that use both formal and informal instruction provide students with more engaging experiences than when only using traditional instruction. However, educators often do not know of, or are uncomfortable with using informal resources. Thus, understanding how educators view …
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Enhancing Motivation Using the Constructs of Flow in Museum Education Activities
… of student motivation while viewing an exhibit. Informal learning environments offer educators the opportunity to look beyond the halls of their campus in a manner that allows augmentation of curriculum and the opportunity to evoke interest and increased effort. The study examined elementary …
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Essential Elements of Ecological Literacy and the Pathways to Achieve It: Perspectives of Ecologists
… for creating greater synergy between formal and informal learning environments. Further, to assess the impacts of innovative graduate programs designed to train ecologists in promoting ecological literacy, I analyzed pre- and post-fellowship surveys completed by participants in an ecologically …
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Essential Elements of Ecological Literacy and the Pathways to Achieve It: Perspectives of Ecologists
… for creating greater synergy between formal and informal learning environments. Further, to assess the impacts of innovative graduate programs designed to train ecologists in promoting ecological literacy, I analyzed pre- and post-fellowship surveys completed by participants in an ecologically …
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Through the Eyes of Visitors: Understanding the Contexts of the Visitor Photo Study at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
<p>This case study describes the analysis of the Visitor Photo Study, a study in which visitors to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science documented their visit through pictures. The origins, implementation, and findings of the Visitor Photo Study are considered within the contexts of the fields of …
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Coding in the Curriculum: Learning Computational Practices and Concepts, Creative Problem Solving Skills, and Academic Content in Ten to Fourteen-Year-Old Children
… computational thinking skills influenced their learning. In addition, two questionnaires measuring computer use and the Type-T (Thrill) personality characteristic were given to participants to examine the relationship between risk-taking or differences in children’s usage of computing devices …