PROFILE John H Falk University Professor, Professor of Free-Choice Learning Oregon State University About informal science Projects Learning Solutions: Investigating Fundamental Tools, Resources & Strategies to Support Professionals Addressing Persistent Issues in STEM Conference: Science Museum Futures Reconceptualizing STEM+Computing Literacy International Travel Grant: Connected Audiences International Conference: The Integration of Science Centres with Natural History Museums for Imparting Informal Education International Travel Grant: Connected Audiences Efficacy Study of Metropolitan Denver's Urban Advantage Program: A Project to Improve Scientific Literacy Among Urban Middle School Students Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (2012-2015) A Multi-Factor Investigation of Variables Affecting Informal Science Learning The Role of Media in Supporting Free-Choice Science Learning In Principle, In Practice: The Second Annapolis Conference on Museum Learning Free Choice Learning: Accessing the Informal Science Education Infrastructure Understanding the Long-term Public Institution for Personal Learning: The Impact of Museums Conference, Symposia, and Workshop: Engaging the Science Center Community in Defining and Utilizing Impact Metrics Pushing the Limits: Building Capacity to Enhance Public Understanding of Math and Science Through Rural Libraries Assessing the Impact of a Visit to a Zoo or Aquarium: A Multi-institutional Research Project Informal Science Education Resource Center (ISERC) Collaborative Research: Research: Zoo And Aquarium Action Research Collaborative (ZAARC) Science Minders Project The Utilization of Science Museums by African Americans: Factors Influencing Free-Choice Visitation Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education: Investigating the Long Term Impact of a Science Center on Its Community Using Big Data and Visual Analytics to Investigate the Long-term, Cascading Effects of Informal STEM Learning Rural Gateways: Fostering the Development of Rural Librarians as Informal Science Facilitators SYNERGIES: Customizing Interventions to Sustain Youth STEM Interest and Participation Pathways SYNERGIES--Understanding and Connecting STEM Learning in the Community Research Science Museum Futures Measuring the long-term effects of informal science education experiences: challenges and potential solutions Interested, Disinterested, or Neutral: Exploring STEM Interest Profiles and Pathways in A Low-Income Urban Community Valuing free-choice learning in national parks Investigating the Cascading, Long Term Effects of Informal Science Education Experiences Report Towards a 21ST Century Approach to Science Education Policy The contribution of science-rich resources to public science interest Business Models for the 21st Century: Overview of ASTC 2004 Presentation Informal STEM Education: Resources for Outreach, Engagement and Broader Impacts The Synergies research–practice partnership project: a 2020 Vision case study Understanding youth STEM interest pathways within a single community: the Synergies project Taking an Ecosystem Approach to STEM Learning: The Synergies Project as Case Study Utilizing Museums to Promote Public Understanding of Science: Early Adolescent Misconceptions About AIDS Prevention Family behavior and learning in informal science settings: A review of the research. Museum Recollections Recalling the Museum Experience Wheeling Your Way Through the Outdoors The effect of visitation frequency on long-term recollection Recent Advances in the Neurosciences: Implications for Visitor Studies Time and Behavior as Predictors of Learning Analysis of Family Visitors in Natural History Museums: The National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. Factors influencing African American leisure time utilization of museums Estimating experimenter induced bias in field studies: A cautionary tale. Poster - ZAARC: Zoo and Aquarium Action Research Collaborative Informal Science Education: Lifelong, Life-Wide, Life-Deep Sample Abstracts from the First Annual Visitor Studies Conference Factors contributing to adult knowledge of science and technology The use of time as a measure of visitor behavior and exhibit effectiveness. Assessing the impact of exhibit arrangement on visitor behavior and learning Free-Choice Science Education: How We Learn Science Outside of School The Case for Informal Science Education Toward an agenda for advancing research on science learning in out-of-school settings Summary - The Field Trip Milieu: Learning and Behavior as a Function of Contextual Events Visitors’ learning for environmental sustainability: testing short- and long-term impacts of wildlife tourism experiences using structural equation modelling A perspective on field trips: Environmental Effects on Learning. Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast Dialogue and Synthesis: Developing Consensus in Visitor Research Methodology Why Zoos and Aquariums Matter: Assessing the Impact of a Visit to a Zoo or Aquarium Supporting the Implementation of NGSS through Research: Informal Science Education Leisure Decisions Influencing African-American Use of Museums Critique of a Critique: Do Zoos and Aquariums Promote Attitude Change in Visitors? The Museum Experience Revisited The things of science: Assessing the learning potential of science museums Enhancing Visitor Interaction and Learning with Mobile Technologies The Informal Science Education Landscape: A Preliminary Investigation Museums as Institutions for Personal Learning Museum Recollections Investigating the Role of Emotion in Science Center Visitor Learning Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience Predicting Visitor Behavior Maximizing the External Value of Museums Many Experts, Many Audiences: Public Engagement with Science Serious Fun: Viewing Hobbyist Activities through a Learning Lens Measuring the impact of a science center on its community Viewing Art Museum Visitors Through the Lens of Identity Lessons Without Limit: How Free-choice Learning is Transforming Education The field trip milieu: Learning and behavior as a function of contextual events FORUM: Communication about science in a traditional museum — visitors’ and staff’s perceptions International Science Centre Impact Study Investigating public science interest and understanding: evidence for the importance of free-choice learning Re-envisioning success in the cultural sector Learning from Museums: Visitor Experiences and the Making of Meaning Environmental effects on learning: The outdoor field trip. In Praise of "Both-And" Rather Than "Either-Or": A Reply to Harris Shettel Analyzing science education in the U.K.: Taking a system-wide approach Interactives and Visitor Learning Living in a learning society: Museums and free-choice learning The Museum Experience Outdoor Biology Instructional Strategies: Development and Evaluation In Principle, In Practice The 95 Percent Solution: School Is Not Where Most Americans Learn Most of Their Science Investigating the impact of prior knowledge, experience and interest on aquarium visitor learning Learning science from museums Travel and learning: a neglected tourism research area The Learning Tourist: The Role of Identity-Related Visit Motivations Utilizing Museums to Promote Public Understanding of Science: Early Adolescent Misconceptions about AIDS Prevention Life in Early California: A New Approach to the Outdoor Field Trip Impact of National Aquarium in Baltimore on Visitors' Conservation Attitudes, Behavior, and Knowledge The Director’s Cut: Toward an Improved Understanding of Learning from Museums Contextualizing Falk's visitor identity-related motivation model Exploring the impacts of wildlife tourism on visitors’ long-term environmental learning and behaviour A Cross-Cultural Investigation of the Novel Field Trip Phenomenon: National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi Public Understanding of Science: A Literature Review Testing a museum exhibition design assumption: Effect of explicit labeling of exhibit clusters on visitor concept development Policy statement of the "Informal Science Education" Ad Hoc Committee. Free-Choice Learning and the Environment Advancing the NSES Vision through Informal Science Education Field Trips: A Look at Environmental Effects on Learning. CAISE Convening on Broader Impacts and ISE Front‐End Report Museum Education Research: Future Directions Visitor Learning in Zoos and Aquariums: A literature review In Principle, in Practice: Museums As Learning Institutions Optimizing out-of-school time: The role of free-choice learning The School Field Trip: Where You Go Makes the Difference The Relation Between Visitation Frequency and Long-Term Recollection Science learning in a leisure setting The contribution of free-choice learning to public understanding of science An identity-centered approach to understanding museum learning Public Institutions for Personal Learning: Establishing a Research Agenda Outdoor education: A technique for assessing student behaviors. Redefining the Visitor Experience: The Interactive Experience Model Using Identity-Related Visit Motivations as a Tool for Understanding Adult Zoo and Aquarium Visitors' Meaning-Making Museums as Institutions for Personal Learning Free‐choice environmental learning: framing the discussion The novel field trip phenomenon: Adjustment to novel settings interferes with task learning. Assessing the Impact of Museums Invisible Forces Exhibition: Using Evaluation to Improve an Exhibition Using the Contextual Model of Learning to understand visitor learning from a science center exhibition School field trips: Assessing their long-term impact The Effect of Visitors' Agendas on Museum Learning A Partnership in Outdoor Science Education Redefining the museum experience: The Interactive Experience Model. The Science Learning Ecosystem ISE Learning Research and Evaluation Evaluation Visitor Evaluation Toolbox: A Component of "Why Zoos and Aquaria Matter" Pushing the Limits Building Capacity to Enhance Public Understanding of Math and Science through Rural Libraries Front-End Evaluation Report ZAARC Project Participant Consent Form Analysing the UK science education community: The contribution of informal providers