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  • A Cross-Cultural Investigation of the Novel Field Trip Phenomenon: National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi
    Date: 12/01/1983
    Resource Category: Peer-reviewed article
    An article looking at field trip data from the National Museum of Natural History in New Delhi, India. ... »
  • Field Trips: A Look at Environmental Effects on Learning.
    Date: 05/24/1983
    Resource Category: Peer-reviewed article
    Six studies on school field trip learning are reviewed. Among the findings reported are those indicating that students' perceptions of the novelty of the trip affects what they learn, and that imposed learning will be inhibited in settings where novelty is either extremely great or small. ... »
  • Time and Behavior as Predictors of Learning
    Date: 04/01/1983
    Resource Category: Peer-reviewed article
    As more and more people look to institutions of informal education os places where science education occurs (Kimche, 1978; Tressell, 1980), increased attention has focused upon assessing learning in these out-of-school settings. In particular, instituions such as museums, nature centers, and zoos have devoted considerable efforts towards ... »
  • North American Bird Phenology Program
    Date: 01/01/1880
    Resource Category: Project Descriptions
    The North American Bird Phenology Program houses a unique and largely forgotten collection of six million Migration Observer Cards that illuminate migration patterns and population status of birds in North America. These handwritten cards contain almost all of what was known of bird status from the Second World War back to the later part of the ... »