Overview

This brief volume describes an innovative activity that can be used by museum professionals to foster two key inquiry skills-asking a good question and articulating discoveries. A hybrid between a research report and a how-to manual, it describes the development, evaluation, and results of Juicy Question, a collaborative activity designed to foster group inquiry among families or school field trips. The authors demonstrate how the activity changed the behavior of museum visitors and taught them important inquiry skills for use in other informal education settings. Sponsored by the Exploratorium, San Francisco.

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Gutwill and Allen offer a rare combination of careful attention to the learner, deep respect for the development and design process, and a rigorous research approach. With this gem, they once again take giant steps that advance the interactive museum's ability to play an important role in the life of the learner. --Kirsten Ellenbogen, Director of Evaluation & Research in Learning, Science Museum of Minnesota

Author Information

Joshua P. Gutwill is Acting Director of Visitor Research at the Exploratorium science center in San Francisco. He is coauthor of the Exploratorium professional volume Fostering Active Prolonged Engagement and several articles on science education, museum evaluation and informal learning. He holds a Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley. Sue Allen is Director of Visitor Research and Evaluation at the Exploratorium, a position from which she is on leave while serving as Program Director, Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings, National Science Foundation. Allen is author of Finding Significance, and of multiple articles on science education, museum evaluation, and informal learning. She holds a Ph. D. from University of California, Berkeley.

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