| Description |
vii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Ways of knowing in science and mathematics series |
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Ways of knowing in science and mathematics series.
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| Contents |
Free-choice science learning: framing the discussion / John H. Falk -- Who produces science information for the public? / Bruce V. Lewenstein -- Achieving scientific literacy: strategies for insuring that free-choice science education complements national formal science education efforts / Rodger W. Bybee -- The use of time and space in assessing the potential of free-choice learning / Geoffrey Godbey -- The effects of early childhood TV-viewing on learning / John C. Wright ... Daniel R. Anderson [et al.] -- The acquisition and retention of scientific information by American adults / Jon D. Miller -- Investigating the role of free-choice learning on public understanding of science: the California science center L.A.S.E.R. project / John H. Falk, Pauline Brooks, Rinoti Amin -- Supporting and documenting choice in free-choice science learning environments / Robert B. Lebeau ... [et al.] -- The first free-choice science learning conference: from issues to future directions / Jessica J. Luke ... [et al.] -- The free-choice education sector as a sleeping giant in the public policy debate / Diane B. Frankel -- Supporting systemic school science education reform in partnership with free-choice science learning: a Texas case study / Charlie Walter, Vanessa Westbrook -- Free-choice science learning: future directions for researchers / Laura Martin -- A practitioner's view on the value of an infrastructure for free-choice science learning / Ann M. Muscat. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Science -- Study and teaching.
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Non-formal education.
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| Added Author |
Falk, John H. (John Howard), 1948-
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Donovan, Elizabeth.
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Woods, Rosalie.
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| Added Title |
How we learn science outside of school |
| ISBN |
0807740659 alkaline paper |
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0807740640 paperback alkaline paper |
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