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Drawing Visitors In:Engaging Visitors in
Science, Art & Children’s Museums
Julie Charles - SFMOMATsivia Cohen - Chicago
Children’s MuseumJosh Gutwill - Exploratorium
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Session structure
• 3 short presentations + Q&A
• Small groups to try out one program
• Whole group Discussion / Q&A
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Fostering Inquiry in Science Museums
Josh GutwillActing Director Exploratorium
Visitor Research & Evaluation QuickTime™ and a
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Context:Exhibit Design
SMMExperiment Benches
ExploratoriumAPE
MOS, BostonInvestigate!
PISEC study
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Group Inquiry by Visitors at ExhibitsNational
ScienceFoundation
Funded by
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Group Inquiry by Visitors
at Exhibits Sue Allen Craig AndersonMark Boccuzzi
Fay DearbornBeth Gardner Josh GutwillMalia Jackson
Adam KlingerNerissa KuebrichSuzy LoperKathy McLeanLisa SindorfErin Wilson
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Research questions
Is it possible to explicitly teach visitors a useful set of inquiry skills?
Can we help groups work together?
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Which Inquiry Skills?
Questioning
InvestigatingExplaining
Using EvidenceProblemsolving
Reflecting
ProposeAction
InterpretResults
DesigningExperiment
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Format: Juicy Question GamePlay with
Exhibit
Do the Experime
nt
Brainstorm“Juicy Questions”
Ask more“Juicy Questions”Interpret Results
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Framework for Analysis
• Do visitors use the 2 skills at a new exhibit?
• Does the quality of inquiry improve?
• Do visitors work together more?
Direct coding of video:
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Results
• Juicy Question families:
– Make almost twice as many interpretations
– Build explanations more collaboratively
– Conduct more linked investigations
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Example of Group Inquiry
• Watch for:– Inquiry skills
•Propose Action•Interpret Results
– Learning from each other•Building on interpretations
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Aspects of Group Inquiry
• Inquiry skills– Boy asks juicy Q
– All make interp• Building explanations
• Coherent inquiry
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Conclusions
• memorable format• learnable in ~20 mins• worked for family groups (8+) • worked for field trip groups,
too• led to better inquiry
Juicy Question:
www.exploratorium.edu/partner/give