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Educators and Evaluators: If Evaluation Could Only Tell Us--A Discussion at the Visitor Studies Conference Sponsored by the Museum Education Roundtable

January 1, 1991 | Exhibitions
This paper is a summary of presentation and panel discussion at the 1990 Visitor Studies Conference held in Washington, D.C. This discussion between evaluators and educators focused on their commitment to visitors and to understanding why visitors do or do not enjoy museum visits. Participants discussed different ways to define and quantify informal learning, as well as successes and failures in measuring informal learning at their institutions.

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  • Myriam Springuel
    Editor
    Smithsonian Institution
  • Citation

    ISSN : 1064-5578
    Publication Name: Visitor Studies
    Volume: 3
    Number: 1
    Page Number: 21-26
    Resource Type: Research Products
    Discipline: Education and learning science
    Audience: General Public | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators
    Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits

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