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Unpacking docent practice in free choice science learning settings : a qualitative study documenting the what and whys of docent interpretive practice

Good, Laura H. (2013-04-30)

Museum settings including aquariums, zoos and science centers rely heavily on their volunteer docent populations to interact with and communicate science and conservation concepts to the visiting public. The interactions ...
Visualizers, visualizations, and visualizees : differences in meaning-making by scientific experts and novices from global visualizations of ocean data

Stofer, Kathryn A. (2013-04-29)

Data visualizations designed for academic scientists are not immediately meaningful to everyday scientists. Communicating between a specialized, expert audience and a general, novice public is non-trivial; it requires ca ...