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resource research Museum and Science Center Exhibits

Transition Points: Snapshots of a STEM Journey

This series of research briefs is a look at how a STEM-focused museum youth development program prepared youth for college, through their own voices.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Aaron Price Cindy La Nguyen
resource research Exhibitions

Using Scientific Inquiry Activities in Exhibit Explanations

This study investigated the effect of different scientific inquiry activities on visitors’ understanding of the science underlying an interactive exhibit. The exhibit, “colored shadows,” creates a pattern of colored shadows on a white wall, due to a person’s body blocking the light from colored lamps. The subjects were 392 museum visitors, aged 7 to adult. They were individually guided through a structured interview, during which they did one of seven inquiry activities, randomly assigned. The activities were: generate an explanation; interpret an explanation; troubleshoot an explanation
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TEAM MEMBERS: Sue Allen
resource research Media and Technology

The Roots of STEM Success: Changing Early Learning Experiences to Build Lifelong Thinking Skills

This position paper, co-authored Center for Childhood Creativity's Director Elizabeth Rood and Director of Research Helen Hadani, details the importance of exposing children ages 0-8 to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) experiences. The review of more than 150 empirical studies led Rood and Hadani to conclude that, despite what has been previously thought, modern research supports the understanding that children are capable of abstract thinking and STEM-learning from infancy, beginning before their first birthday. The Roots of STEM Success, authored in support of classroom
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TEAM MEMBERS: Helen Shwe Hadani Elizabeth Rood Amy Eisenmann Ruthe Foushee Garrett Jaeger Gina Jaeger Joanna Kauffmann Katie Kennedy Lisa Regalla