In this review, we focus on the museum activities and strategies that encourage and support
children's learning. In order to provide insight into what is known about children's learning in …

The first book to take a" visitor's eye view" of the museum visit when it was first published in
1992, The Museum Experience revolutionized the way museum professionals understand …

As museums are increasingly asked to demonstrate not only their cultural, but also their
educational and social significance, the means to understand how museum visitors learn …

There is a growing understanding of the unique ways that tabletops support effective
collaboration; however, this research mostly focuses on environments in which learners …

How can we use interactive displays in museums to help visitors appreciate authentic
objects and artifacts that they can't otherwise touch or manipulate? This paper shares results …

Two cases of context-sensitive mobile computing curricula for children are shown to develop
analytical understandings of how science-related sense-making talk can be supported …

Mobile devices and apps have become a standard for the museum experience. Many
studies have begun to explore the impact mobile apps may have on user experience and …

This research examines the Tree Investigators project to support science learning with
mobile devices during family public programmes in an arboretum. Using a case study …

Within engineering education, informal, out-of-school making experiences and parent–child
interactions within home environments are both considered as a promising context for the …

Abstract We develop the Parental Facilitation of Children's Interests in Museum
Environments as a framework and tool for research and practice that highlight the role of …