Book :: Frost, C. O. (2002). when the object is digital: Properties of digital surrogate objects and implications for learning. In S. G. Paris (Ed.), Perspectives on object-centered learning in museums (pp. 79 - 94). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

How does the digital experience of an object differ from the physical? And how does it matter? When artistic objects are used in teaching, quite typically that object is a sculpture or a painting that instructors and students encounter in a museum. But increasingly, a digital rendering of that object may reside online, and the Internet may be...

Book :: Michener, D. C. & Schultz, I. J. (2002). through the garden gate: Objects and informal education for environmental and cultural awareness in arboreta and botanic gardens. In S. G. Paris (Ed.), Perspectives on object-centered learning in museums (pp. 95 - 111). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Arboreta and botanic gardens are among the most accessible, stimulating and rewarding places for long-lasting affective experiences related to nature for visitors of all ages. These living museums are also among the most restorative for visitors of museum-like institutions. Counterintuitively, arboreta and gardens also present to the visitor a...

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Journal :: Tofield, S., Coll, K. M., Vyle, B. M., & Bolstad, R. M. (2003). Zoos as a source of free choice learning. Research in Science & Technology Education, 21(1), 67 - 99.

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Journal :: Anderson, L. L. (1991). Zoo interpretation and exhibit design: Two sides of the same coin. Journal of Museum Education, 16(2), 4 - 6.

Journal :: Ross, S. R. & Lukas, K. E. (2005). Zoo Visitor Behavior at an African Ape Exhibit. Visitor Studies Today, 8(1), 4-12.

ABSTRACT There is increasing interest in understanding the behavior of visitors to informal education institutions such as zoos. Although some quantitative evaluations of zoo visitor behavior exist, the ability to generalize across a wide range of zoos of varying size and composition remains questionable. A series of “site-specific” research pro...

Journal :: Bitgood, S. C. (1999). Zoo Exhibit Design: Impact of Setting Factors On Visitors. Visitor Studies Today, 2(2), 1-5.

Introduction There is an increasing body of knowledge from which to extract principles of design for exhibits of all types. Live animal exhibits (compared to most museum exhibits) pose a special problem because they must serve both as habitats for the animals and viewing/educational area for the visitor. From an animal perspective, researchers ...

Book :: Rideout, V. J., Vandewater, E. A., & Wartella, E. A. (2003). Zero to six: Electronic media in the lives of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Menlo Park, CA: Kaiser Family Foundation.

Recent years have seen an explosion in electronic media marketed directly at the very youngest children in our society, yet very little is known about how these changes have played out in young people's lives. In order to help understand the implications, the Foundation conducted a national study of more than 1,000 parents of children ages six m...