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ERIC Number: EJ590308
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-1090-185X
It's the Way You Tell It! What Conversations of Elementary School Groups Tell Us about the Effectiveness of Animatronic Animal Exhibits.
Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale
Journal of Elementary Science Education, v11 n1 p23-37 Spr 1999
Compares the content of conversations generated by elementary school groups at animatronic animal displays in a temporary zoo exhibit and in a permanent natural-history museum exhibit. Finds that moving animal models in themselves are insufficient to induce many visitors to talk about them in other than a superficial, cursory manner. Contains 17 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Animals, Discourse Analysis, Display Aids, Elementary Education, Exhibits, Instructional Materials, Museums, Robotics, Science Education, Science Teaching Centers, Zoos
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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