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A multifaceted assessment of adult informal learning at the Hatfield Marine Science Center

Creator:

Lynds, Susan E.

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Authentic assessment of visitor learning in museum settings is a challenging endeavor. Evaluation literature includes very few studies that link adult visitors' behavior to their learning. Multiple data collection methods in a naturalistic environment hold great promise for increasing understanding of informal public education. In 1997, Oregon State University's Hatfield...

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Masters Thesis

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Adult Informal Learning at the Hatfield Marine Science Center Abstract approved: Norman Lederman
Conceptions of the nature of science and worldviews of preservice elementary science teachers in Taiwan

Creator:

Liu, Shiang-Yao

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This exploratory investigation aimed to identify preservice science teachers' conceptions of the nature of science (NOS), and worldviews that represent their culturally dependent beliefs about the world, in the context of Taiwan. The interrelationships between the responses elicited from both the assessments of NOS understandings and worldviews were examined. Participants...

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Dissertation

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Approved: Norman G. Lederman This exploratory investigation aimed to identify preservice science teachers
The influence of history of science courses on students' conceptions of the nature of science

Creator:

Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad S.

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This study assessed the influence of three history of science (HOS) courses on college students and preservice science teachers' conceptions of the nature of science (NOS), and examined whether participants who entered the investigated HOS courses with a conceptual framework consistent with current NOS views achieved more elaborate NOS understandings....

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Dissertation