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A Participatory Model for Integrating Cognitive Research into Exhibits for Children

August 15, 2007 - July 31, 2011 | Public Programs, Exhibitions
The Museum of Science (Boston) Discovery Center, MIT Early Childhood Cognition Lab, Boston Children's Museum, Indianapolis Children's Museum, Children's Museum of Richmond, and Maryland Science Center will help develop and evaluate a variety of methods to engage adults in activities that help the adults understand and apply current cognitive science research on children's exploratory play and causal reasoning development. The primary audience is adults with young children; secondary audiences are informal science education professionals who operate early childhood exhibit areas and cognitive science researchers.

Funders

NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 0714706
Funding Amount: 381093

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Lucy Kirshner
    Principal Investigator
    Museum of Science
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    Evaluator
    Museum of Science
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    Evaluator
  • BeckiKipling
    Project Manager
    Museum of Science, Boston
  • Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM
    Audience: Parents/Caregivers | Pre-K Children (0-5) | Elementary School Children (6-10) | Adults | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators
    Environment Type: Public Programs | Museum and Science Center Programs | Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits

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