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ERIC Number: EJ556182
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Seeing Tornado: How Video Traces Mediate Visitor Understandings of (Natural?) Phenomena in a Science Museum.
Stevens, Reed; Hall, Rogers
Science Education, v81 n6 p735-47 Nov 1997
Reports on an exploratory study of how people see and explain a prominent exhibit (Tornado) at an interactive science museum (the Exploratorium). Data was assembled using a novel, technically mediated activity system (Video Traces). Argues that Video Traces is an effective tool and discusses an expanded Video Traces system. (Author/DKM)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Exhibits, Inquiry, Museums, Qualitative Research, Science Activities, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Interactive Exhibits; Science Museums; Visitors