Free-choice worksheets increase students' exposure to curriculum during museum visits
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Free-choice worksheets increase students' exposure to curriculum during museum visits. / Mortensen, Marianne Foss; Smart, Kimberly.
I: Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Bind 44, Nr. 9, 2007, s. 1389-1414.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Free-choice worksheets increase students' exposure to curriculum during museum visits
AU - Mortensen, Marianne Foss
AU - Smart, Kimberly
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The museum visit is an important part of elementary school science teaching. However, a divide exists between teachers, who require curricular accountability, and museums, who emphasize free-choice exploration. Can a carefully constructed worksheet bridge this divide by providing free-choice exploration of curricular topics during the museum visit? In the present study, a theoretical framework was constructed to inform the design of worksheets as free-choice learning devices. This framework was used to analyze the design of an existing museum worksheet. Subsequently, curriculum-related conversations among school groups visiting a museum were monitored in groups supplied with the worksheet and in control groups without. Overall, the worksheet complied well with design criteria synthesized from the free-choice learning literature. Furthermore, the use of the worksheet increased the number and diversity of curriculum-related conversations among school groups during the visit. This study documents that the use of carefully designed worksheets may increase students’ exposure to curriculum during a museum visit, and thus may help build better bridges between teacher needs and museum free-choice identities.
AB - The museum visit is an important part of elementary school science teaching. However, a divide exists between teachers, who require curricular accountability, and museums, who emphasize free-choice exploration. Can a carefully constructed worksheet bridge this divide by providing free-choice exploration of curricular topics during the museum visit? In the present study, a theoretical framework was constructed to inform the design of worksheets as free-choice learning devices. This framework was used to analyze the design of an existing museum worksheet. Subsequently, curriculum-related conversations among school groups visiting a museum were monitored in groups supplied with the worksheet and in control groups without. Overall, the worksheet complied well with design criteria synthesized from the free-choice learning literature. Furthermore, the use of the worksheet increased the number and diversity of curriculum-related conversations among school groups during the visit. This study documents that the use of carefully designed worksheets may increase students’ exposure to curriculum during a museum visit, and thus may help build better bridges between teacher needs and museum free-choice identities.
U2 - 10.1002/tea.20206
DO - 10.1002/tea.20206
M3 - Journal article
VL - 44
SP - 1389
EP - 1414
JO - Journal of Research in Science Teaching
JF - Journal of Research in Science Teaching
SN - 0022-4308
IS - 9
ER -
ID: 2244047