Pathways: Emotion and Thinking in Designed Informal Science Environments

途径：设计的非正式科学环境中的情感和思维

• 批准号: 1222613
• 负责人: Gabrielle Rappolt-Schlichtmann
• 金额: $ 25万
• 依托单位: CAST, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-10-01 至 2015-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1222613&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Pathways; Emotion; Thinking; Designed; Informal

This Pathways project focuses on research that explores diverse family visitors' engagement with and thinking about science as they experience exhibits at the Museum of Science, Boston. The research team will work closely with museum staff on the implementation of three studies during which they will systematically investigate the arc of visitors' engagement (cognitive, emotional, and physical) as the visitors experience a range of exhibits. The team will also describe how visitors' engagement relates to their thinking about science concepts. The project team uses a mix of data collection and analysis methods, including self-report measures and physiological data along with the tracking of visitor behavior to understand and articulate engagement, along with information on learners' thinking about scientific concepts and demographic information. This project will advance the ISE field by offering findings about engagement that account for the applied and complex nature of the museum setting. The research team will be able to help the ISE field move forward in terms of building theoretical understanding about engagement and offering potential lines of inquiry for future research. The results can also be used to inform exhibit and programmatic design as well as how family learning in museums is evaluated.

该途径项目的重点是研究，探讨了家庭访客在波士顿科学博物馆的展览时与科学的参与和思考。研究团队将与博物馆工作人员紧密合作，以实施三项研究，在此期间，随着游客体验一系列展览，他们将系统地研究游客参与（认知，情感和身体）的弧线。团队还将描述游客的参与与他们对科学概念的思考如何相关。项目团队使用数据收集和分析方法的组合，包括自我报告措施和生理数据，以及对访客行为的跟踪，以了解和表达参与度，以及有关学习者对科学概念和人口统计学信息的思考的信息。该项目将通过提供有关参与度的发现来推动ISE领域，以说明博物馆环境的应用和复杂性。研究团队将能够帮助ISE领域在建立有关参与度的理论理解并为未来研究提供潜在的探究线方面的前进。结果还可以用于告知展览和程序设计，以及如何评估博物馆中的家庭学习。