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ERIC Number: EJ556178
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Testing a Museum Exhibition Design Assumption: Effect of Explicit Labeling of Exhibit Clusters on Visitor Concept Development.
Falk, John H.
Science Education, v81 n6 p679-87 Nov 1997
Investigates a museum exhibition design assumption that visitors develop conceptual understanding of a science topic after utilizing a cluster of conceptually related exhibits which lack explicit concept labeling. Also investigated whether visitor concept development could be enhanced through the addition of explicit labeling of the intended conceptual message. (Author/DKM)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Exhibits, Museums, Science Education, Scientific Concepts
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Science Museums; Visitors