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  • Serious fun : life-deep learning of koi hobbyists

    Creator:
    Liu, Chi-Chang
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    Hobby activities can be viewed through the lens of informal, free-choice learning. A wide range of hobbies combine fun and learning-intensive practices, and can contribute to scientific literacy. Hobby learning involves clear goal orientation, persistence and effort, and often results in more richly and strongly connected knowledge; traits highly valued...
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    Dissertation
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    & Dierking, 2007). Formal science education mainly focuses on pre-college and college education in

  • Visualizers, visualizations, and visualizees : differences in meaning-making by scientific experts and novices from global visualizations of ocean data

    Creator:
    Stofer, Kathryn A.
    Abstract:
    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 careful translation. However, more widely available visualization technologies and platforms, including new three-dimensional spherical display systems in schools and informal science education...
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    Dissertation
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    Education presented on April 29, 2013. Title: Visualizers, Visualizations, and Visualizees: Differences in